FOL: A Leafy Collection

Hello and welcome to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves challenge. Anything to do with trees, as you perhaps may know by now, I simply cannot resist 🙂

Let’s see what I can find, this week:

This was in the cacti section. I had never seen leaves of this color before. Have you?

“They tell you to turn into a new leaf and then complain about your faded colour.” – Nitya Prakash

I would have never thought a combination of pink and green would look good but they gel well don’t they?

“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” – Rabindranath Tagore

There are even brown leaves – who would have thought!

“Art is the flower. Life the green leaf.”- Charles Rennie MacKintosh

with red stems! These are really eye-catching aren’t they. Not quite sure what they are called. Do you know?

“Open the bloom of your heart and become a gift of beauty to the world.”– Bryant McGill

Monstrous leaves, aren’t they? Dont miss the bright yellow stems, almost as if they are mocking the traditional plants 😀

“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” – Luther Burbank

Don’t they look like flowers? The purple leaves were actually bluish in color, when seen with the naked eye. Their shape is also so unique.

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”– Frances Hodgson Burnett

Brown pink and green! I can’t help but wonder how they manage photosynthesis and why the need for such colorful leaves. I did a little bit of research, and as I remembered (ahem) only the green part can do photosynthesis. The tiny green porton is enough for its sustenance. But what about the other leaves and the bare trees? Apparently sunlight penetrates the thin outer bark it can be enough for photosynthesis. You can read more here. I am not very convinced, but perhaps you can tell me more 🙂

“Life is a party; dress like it, dance like it, and make every moment count.” Audrey Hepburn

I found these leaves to be very interesting. It wasnt very clear if it was a creeper or part of the tree

“Why not show off if you’ve got something to show?” J Jones

Well, what do you think? Can you make out?

“It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.” Les Brown

And this is the showstopper. I couldn’t take a pic initially, then I waited to click it on the return journey. Isn’t it precious? Just like life.

“It ain’t over till it’s over” Yogi Berra

Have a super day. Cheers