When I go out in the early morning to take care of the donkeys and goats, I sometimes still see a few pretty leaves. Once in a while, even some red ones from a small tree of unknown variety growing next to the food storage shed.
But they have been nibbled on, muddied and trampled by the goats stampeding for the hay I set out for them — it’s rare to see an unbroken one these days. There can also be insect holes and fungus spots.
Yet like us when life has “broken” us a bit — there is still beauty to be found.
Beautiful, Vicky! Yes, like our lives... :-)
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DeleteI was at my kitchen window the other day and glanced out to see hundreds of small bright red leaves scattered on the ground from my neighbor's crepe myrtle trees! My first thought was, I need to fill an envelope and send these to Vicky!! Red leaves are such a treasure in Texas! Due to a few very cold nights, our leaves are more colorful than usual. I like your analogy.
ReplyDelete😮 I didn’t know crepe myrtle leaves would turn red in Texas! Ours don’t here, but the bushy one we had in Kansas did.
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