Winter Leaves

After autumn most leaves darken and slowly disintegrate into the earth, a few find a place in an otherwise wet Pacific Northwest where they can just dry out and maintain their beautiful veins and some of their color, now with some areas of black and blue, after the snow has melted and well into winter. In retrospect, looking at the back of the leaf, for a moment I thought I saw a few angelfish swimming from right to left!

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