Natural Selections

Once again the nature trail behind our home provides the subject of today’s post. This tiny leaf - which was only about an inch across (not counting the stem) - caught my eye as we walked along. It looked just like a cat’s face. I carefully carried it the full three miles and when I got home, rather than taking a picture of it, I put it on the flatbed scanner and scanned it. Within an hour the yellow had mostly faded to brown and the affect was completely lost. It always amazes me that things which are so beautiful, fade so quickly. Such is the economy of nature. Apex, NC. Aug 2008.