saturday happened effortlessly

i was going to make a trip to our local nature center today but after awhile i thought it too late.  thought it too nice of a day for it to be uncrowded.  daydreamed a little about going when the weather is cooler.  (bundling up and hauling that camera around the two mile trail.  enjoying the quiet.  enjoying some bird noises perhaps.  holding a warm hand belonging to my husb.  he happens to have super warm hands.  all the time.  mine are always terribly cold..  even when it's hot out.  even in hawaii.)  when we got home after errands, i crunched on some of the leaves on our walkway, found this one (uncrunched) and thought, why do i need a nature center?

when i took this one i couldn't see the veins running through the leaf.  what i liked about it was the intense red being taken over slowly by the brown.  it seemed incredibly passionate.  and then i zoomed in.  and just could.not.believe how beautiful it really was.  just in its own being.  and in its slow death.  but, because i lost light so quickly, the next one is artificial light.  i don't think it matters.  it is so awe-some.  (so not bragging. so promise.)

^not a shadow.  just the dying part.  shadowy death creeps so slowly...

these were taken with my canon point & shoot.  my trusty dusty.  and the leaf came off of my very own tree.  sometimes i'm so sure i have to go looking for something when, in fact, it is right there before me.  laid out.  calling.  becoming my muse.

hope you all are having saturdays filled with plum ice creams and lilac scented pillows.  i didn't think today was going to be too wonderful but it ended up being quite delightful.

and now, popcorn and flight of the conchords.  seriously.  perfection.