hardwired for repetition

if i leave my nature bits lying around long enough, especially on the kitchen counter, someone in my family will eventually start to make patterns out of them. we humans are pattern making and pattern identifying machines. we are hard-wired to recognize patterns. and by extension create patterns. this little gift was from my husband. who sorted and straightened while he waited for his tea to steep. it’s so him. i love it.

autumn crabapples (Malus)

p.s. technically, any tree that produces apples with a diameter of less than 2-inches is a crabapple tree. crabapple is not a specific species. simply put, crabapples are miniature apples.