Something To Watch

I'm calling it....I think these sumac leaves have done all the drying and shriveling they're going to do.  I've been watching them since October 11th.

I was surprised how well they kept their color and shape.....I expected them to just shrivel up. 

They're wabi-sabi beautiful!

I moved them off this pew board and into a bowl to enjoy for the rest of fall. There's a little background on this precious wabi-sabi board here in this post: https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2017/09/trash-or-treasure.html

And if you're new to the blog....one of my favorite stories ever is story of the actual pew....where this board came from.  You can read that here:

https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-pew-story.html

Sometimes Mother Nature leaves a little gift.....pun intended.  

Paul watched this leaf plop onto the freshly washed windows during today's rainstorm. I think Mother Nature was nudging him to pay attention. 

Now....I wonder how long it will stay.  Always something to watch.

When I did a search to find out when I arranged the sumac....this post came up where I made a fabric piece inspired by the fall sumac. At the time I thought I should have done it in batiks....still might sometime.

https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2018/10/fall-sumac.html