fall colors x 2

i left my dahlia blooms to dry on the kitchen floor, and to my surprise, they dried the exact same colors as the ivy leaves from my mom’s house. if you scroll back two weeks in my feed, you will see the original blooms–mostly pink, and yellow, and peach-colored. at the time i described the darker pink ones as merlot. i guess i was prescient, for they have aged beautifully into nice burgundies and cabernets.

autumn dahlias and leaves