My friend Heather, who lives in Hawaii, asked me to collect her some pretty Autumn leaves. I guess I never really thought about it before, but they don't really have the whole change of season out there. She grew up here in New England, and Im sure she misses seeing the fall colors!
Isaac, Aunt WooWoo, her dogs, and I headed on a nature walk in search of beautiful foliage. We had a nice walk, but we really had to search for any colored leaves! Sure there were tons of leaves, but they were mostly from oak trees, which were just dry and brown. Bleach.
While we were heading back, we spotted some pretty ones in some trees above us, that hadn't quite made it to the ground yet. Good thing Isaac isn't scared of heights! If only Aunt WooWoo had remembered to put on her safety glasses. . .
I had the very, very best intentions to press them within the pages of some wax paper, and iron them and send them to her with her early Thanksgiving car package. I just needed to find the time. When I had the time, I reached for the Ziploc bag of beautiful leaves only to find they had all turned brown : (
WHAT A LET DOWN!! Lesson learned, that's for sure!
Not to worry, it looks like the rain is behind us, and soon enough, maybe Wednesday, we'll be out again in search of better replacements!
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