Leaves

LIFE IN DEATH, DEATH IN LIFE
May 14, 2016
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ABOUT TO FALL
A leaf and a water drop have a conversation
With both in a precarious position on the branch of a tree
Leaf – “I do not want to fall”
Raindrop – “Its our time
Gravity will return us to the earth”
Leaf – “Gravity sucks”
I just want to be green again”
Raindrop “To recycle is to be green”
Leaf – “Too profound for me!
My be-leaf is that life is too short to worry about gravity.
Please God Fly me to the moon.
I do not want to fall”
November 12 2016
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ROSE LEAVES AFTER THE RAIN
This beautiful example reveals the superhydrophobic property of the rose leaves. As water comes into contact with the leaf it “balls” up and rolls off, cleaning the dust, drying the leaf, and preventing the growth of mould. The water “balls” at the the edge of the angled leaf and eventually succumbs to gravity, placing the water where it can do the most good – ie the roots of the plant. NATURE IS AWESOME!
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WATER BUTTERFLY ON THE WEB
July 8 2016
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SAD SASSY with tears pouring down her face dOG wALK aRT and POWER OF THE ROUND –
This art piece was inspired by my daughter Arielle’s post “r u a piece of rain or a tear” Physics, science , biology, sassiness, sadness, romance, and psychology in the droplets of water on a blade of grass Note how the droplet of nose magnifies the parallel veins of the blade of grass (see below)
July 21 2016
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MARRIAGE BLESSING
Puddle Photography
September 21 2016
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SAID THE LEAF TO THE WATER DROPLETS ..
“When I was young and full of life,
You gave me life itself and I could absorb you into my body.
We were like one.
Now I am old and dying on the sidewalk
And all I can do is enjoy your beauty on my dry body
And sadly we will have to go separate ways!
I pray that we can meet with renewed miracle of life
When we are recycled by the heavens”
October 16 2016
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ITS THE FALL AND THE TRUMP HAS FALLEN FLAT ON HIS FACE – NO HUMANITY WAS FOUND – That is exactly how he was lying – yes – he was found lying, he lies all the time He lies, his wife lies, he lies with his wife, his wife lay him, and lie him, he lies to women, he lies with woman, he lay women, he lies about being with women, he lies without women, he lies with women, he lies about women, he lies to himself, he lies with himself, he lies to people, he has become (and probably has always been) a has-been, and an out and out, inside out, outlier liar
October 23 2016
Inspired by Dr Seuss
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SAID THE GHOST LEAF TO THE FULL MOON
“Now that I have fallen please explain why time moves in lunar cycles?
What makes Mr Lunar Tick?
Why do you live through these cycles and I and many others lose our lives?
November 16 2016
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NAKED TREES START TO SHIVER AS TEMP DROPS TO 33F(.6C) IN BOSTON
November 20 2016
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THE BATTLE FOR SPACE AND TIME
Observations of a dOG wALKER
Green vs Brown vs White.
Green has had her time and is a mere beautiful memory – and she knows it as she fades into the background
Brown has not yet given up, and rises above White.
White rests in quiet confidence She knows that time and space for the near future is on her side
November 21 2016
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BENJY”S WISDOM
Asked Benjy what lessons he had to give our family as we face a new season
He said “Read my body language –
PUT THE “BUTS” BEHIND, and the “ANDS” A-HEAD No “but”, regrets, or excuses for the past
– just go forward and accumulate all the “ANDS” of positive experience”
Hence his stance on this matter as he faced the fall season and the coming winter season
November 28 2016
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Sad Dog Walk Today! Learned my cousin Alden Sacks passed away yesterday. He was 2 years older than I. He was such an integral part our youth. He was naughty, fun filled and full hearted and brought excitement and laughter into our lives making these years much richer than they would otherwise have been. I had not seen him for about 20 years and now of course regret this Fortunately we connected only last week but my heart feels like the puddle reflection of this Norway spruce that I noticed while walking Benjy this morning My thoughts and prayers go out to Froma Sacks, Kerry-Lee Topol Roy and kids Gareth Adrian and family,
December 01 2016
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WINTER TREES OF THE PARK
1) Norway Spruce at Sunset,
2) Tree of Ice in a Puddle, and
3) Ice on the Oak Leaf
December 01 2016
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WINTER AND FALL MEET FACE TO FACE IN AN INTIMATE MOMENT –
Branches on Branches
December 21 2016
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WINTER IS NOW OFFICIALLY WITH US.
All the leaves are brown and down, and the sky is gray, I say, … why are the trees left naked in this terrible gray cold?
December 22 2016
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FALL QUILT –
to keep the earth warm
December 23 2016
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A SPRIG O’ SPRING IN THE ICE?
January 05 2017
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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A COLD SHOULDER
When life gives you a cold shoulder Look at the bright side Where you will find that the grass is greener And it will also be a little softer and warmer
January 26 2017
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TO AND FROM MY LATE PARENTS said the leaves to the trees
In the summer I coveted and covered thee, mon arbor, mon amour And now I am gone And miss you so much in this deathly winter As I lie and grieve for you in my grave Now, I can only cover and covet your shadow To try and renew and relive our love With a hope to keep our memories warm Mon mieu, Mon arbor, Mon amour.
January 30 2017
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ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN
and the ground is cold,
Massachusetts dreamin
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SPRINGTIME IS HERE
and the horse chestnut bud
Spreads its wings
“Free at LAst!”
You can hear it shout to the wind
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EVEN IN GRIMY WATER THERE IS ROOM TO DANCE!
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ANATOMY OF THE TULIP TREE
EVER HEARD OF A TULIP TREE? Currently flowering on the dog walk path
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…and then she rolled and folded onto the shoulder of the Fir..
From the series “Romancing the Moon”
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ABOUT TO FALL IN THE FALL – a poem
Who shall live and who shall die?
…all of us! said the leaves with a sigh
Fall is a gentle remind Not to leave any dreams behind
Not to go to bed
With things left unsaid
And to live the day In the fullest way!
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TIME peppered in greens, yellows, browns, and reds 327
RAIN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF FALLEN LEAVES
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OPINING THE FALL OF THE PINE – even the evergreen falls subject to time
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GHOULISH BUBBLES IN THE PUDDLES
Fall of the rain in the Fall
Makes bubbles in the puddles
Causing ghoulish stubble
On the sleeves of the leaves
There are ghost bubbles on pine needle brooms in the water
Surrounded by the frightening eyes of October on the leaves
All this – tis tis
On the the unhallowed eve of Halloween
Sprung before the dead of winter
And the birth of Spring
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THE OLD OAK TREE SURROUNDED BY THE HOPEFUL DROPPED SEEDS, THE PRODUCTS OF HER SUMMER –
from earth to earth
November 7, 2017 
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CHANGE OF ATTITUDE – TURNING OVER A LEAF
November 8, 2017
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JACK FROST VISITS NEWTON
2017
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THE LONELY LEAF
How sad I am,
With family and close friends of last summer, –
All gone..
And I am alone.
How sad I am.
November 12, 2017
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RECLINING ON A NUDE LEAF
From the Series “Art of Cold Water”
November 28, 2017
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Dead Oak Leaves Take on a New Life
Collage of Another Kind
November 26, 2017
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OAK LEAF DANCING
Oak People having fun after falling
December 7, 2017 ·
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FROSTING of FROST ON THE LEAVES
March 25
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EN POINTE PIROUETTE DUETTE OF THE TULIP TREE IN SPRING
May 1
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SWAN LAKE BY THE HORSE CHESTNUT TROUPE
May 2
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TULIP TREE LEAVES IN CONVERSATION
May 13 ·
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THE GREENING OF SPRING
May 14 ·
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RHODIES AT THEIR OWN PACE
Note: When the leaves are cold and unhappy they curl up
When they are happy – they are wide open to life and they give birth to blossom
Dedicated to Jill Ebstein who reminded me that the Rhododendrons are at their peak of life. More importantly she has observed the seasons of people and has brought together a wonderful series of essays of the seasonal ups and downs of real live people called “At My Pace” Highly recommended read!!!
May 26 2018
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American Basswood
aka American Linden
with Bract Leaf
June 27 2018
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ON WAKING! AN EYE OPENER
July 31
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YOUR’E AS YOUNG AS YOU FEEL ON THE INSIDE!
From the Series – “Life Lessons from the Dog Walk”
August 8 ·
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PRESENT THRIVING ON THE PAST
Without the ruins of days gone by, the beautiful vine would not exist.
From the series “Life Lessons and the Dog Walk”
September 13
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DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME
The Difference Between the Man and Dog is
Hairstyle!
September 28 2018
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“LADY IN BLACK”
“And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear” –
Uriah Heep
October 9th 2018
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I laughed
When a leaf from the Fall
Fell on my head
As I lay eating falafel
On my pine leaf bed
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As The Fall Progresses at 3 Lake Ave…
Nature is awesome!!!
November 6th 2018
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The fall fell in a pond near here
And I fear and hear that winter is near
“Here here!” they say “the winter is near”
And so I can only feel what I felt that day
Just a few days before the fall fell..
In the glorious warmth of the mellows of yellow
“Hear hear” they say
“The yellows are mellow”
And now all we have left
Is the green of the evergreen .
All the other leaves are brown, and on the ground
Nov 26 2018
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Confucius says
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
From the series “Confucius says”
November 30th 2018
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