here today, gone tomorrow

my eyes keep tightening and relaxing trying to bring these leaves into focus. they can’t obviously, because the image already is in focus. the leaves simply appear not to be. i noticed these yesterday evening when steve and i were out walking the puggle.  i didn’t want to pick them then because the light was waning, and i didn’t want to carry them for the rest of our walk. so i asked steve “do you think they will still look like this tomorrow?” he replied cheekily, “how long have you been doing STILL?”. so i picked them, and photographed them in the blue evening light. and boy, am i glad i did. because today the remaining leaves were not nearly as interesting–still variegated, but completely dull. ten years, and i am still surprised at how fleeting it all is.

snakeroot leaves in october