a milestone year

our home sits snugly beneath a number of hundred year old oak trees. in the nine years we have owned the house, i can’t remember their leaves’ ever being this colorful. most years they seem just to dry up, crisping from green to russet brown, and then rattling in the winter winds until almost the following spring. it’s sugar maples that get all the attention. but so far this year, our maples are still green, and the oldest trees in our yard, the white oaks, are dropping little gems–citrine, garnet, topaz and rubies–onto our deck. maybe it’s just the result of a wet summer. or maybe the oaks heard that steve and i, fellow old-timers, will soon be adding a 25th growth ring to our marriage, and that in such a case, gems are in order.

white oak leaves in fall colors

saint paul, minnesota

  • LW says:

    positively perfect.

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  • fsmilla says:

    Wunderschön!
    LG SMilla

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  • Becci says:

    Congratulations on your silver wedding anniversary! “Silver” sounding so much better than “gray” wedding anniversary.

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  • margie says:

    i love this and bravo on 25 years. I was married 27 years before a series of unfortunate events took place. More about that one day over shared bottle of wine :)

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  • Good morning to you and your wonderful blog ;-) the oaks heard, of course!!! 25 years!!!
    A wonderful coloured composition your circle of leaves. Yesterday for my Monday-Mandala I had a similar idea

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