When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

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Seasonal treasures

November 11, 2007


 

Filigree #1

Filigree #2

While photographing the filigree on many of the decaying oak leaves in a park forest, leaning backwards with my head in the branches, a little green snake struck out at me, the delicate body about 8″ long and no wider than a baby finger. I wrote to the Biology Dept. at Texas University, and they identified it as a Rough Green Snake – Opheodrys aestivus – it’s non-venomous.

Rough green snake - Opheodrys aestivus - nonvenomous, Coppell, Texas

Walking back home completely happy to have chosen that path, expecting no more treasure for the day, a leaf twirled in the breeze, hanging from a spider web strand.

Magical twirling leaf

Categories: Autumn, flowers and leaves, leaves, photography, reptiles, Seasonal, Texas, trees | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Seasonal treasures”

  1. Chris Bolmeier Says:
    November 12th, 2007 at 11:06

    Nikki,
    The top two photos have beautiful pattern. How beautiful a decaying leaf can be! I have never heard the word filligree to describe the web left behind from a decaying leaf. But I don’t get around much!
    Chris Bolmeier

  2. Nikkico Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 11:06

    Hi Chris, I’m pretty sure ‘filigree’ is not a botanical term, it’s just a word that came to mind when seeing the delicate lacey structure of the leaves.

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