trianon palace, versailles, france, 11-15-09
heidi ho, peeps!!!
it's another beautiful day in the neighborhood...well, not really, but i am practicing mind over matter :) :) :) all stretching of the truth aside, what truly are beautiful are the unedited leaves in the above photo!!! i sooo heart leaves...which leads me to my next confession: i.am.a.tree.hugger. now, before your mind wanders to patchouli & unshaved armpits, let me remind you that i am an incessantly vanilla scented girl who is most comfortable & happy when wearing my treasured stilettos! nevertheless, trees contain a certain magic & i have yet to pass one that doesn't somehow shake it's leaves at me, as if it were beckoning me to dance! i'm rather aloof & fresh out of rhythm (this white girl certainly can't dance!) but i'm not too proud to stop & heartily embrace a tree here & there!
as for the leaves, my fascination has yet to expire! in fact, one of the most thoughtful & beautiful gestures performed in my honor was by an ex, who shall remain anonymous. he went to the trouble of gathering hundreds of fall leaves in a rainbow of magnificent colors & then managed to secretly slip them into my car while i was at work. upon exiting my place of employment, i was greeted by an onslaught of these cheerful little buggers after opening the door of my white misubishi eclipse. awww, my eclipse...what a car...uh-oh!!! distraction alert!!! focus, melanie, focus!!!
so where were we? LEAVES, LEAVES, LEAVES (insert blissful sigh here)...i am completely captivated by their changing colors! the last 10 years living in my paradise of perpetual summer presented me with very few opportunities to behold the radiant reds, oranges, golds & variations thereof that i used to encounter with the changing seasons in YEW-TAHH. now in france, i am making up for lost time & was totally tickled to find these wicked purple beauties last november while staying at the trianon palace in versailles, courtesy of my generous & overwhelmingly considerate hubby's birthday gift!!! my little mini netbook is filled with a multitude of leaf snapshots that have managed to tug at my heart & given me reason to pause, but the aformentioned on display are hands down my favorite :) :) :)
well, kiddos, as much as i'd love to continue to profess my love for above-ground plant organs specialized for photosynthesis, (shout out, wikipedia!), i need to sign off, set the edamame aside & get my bed ridden ass movin' to prepare for our dinner plans tonight. here's wishing you a weekend as wonderful as you are, dear reader :) :) :)
tune in next time! until then, with an attitude of gratitude, i remain,
your ever happy hugger of perennial woody plants (& life in general!)
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