dVerse Haibun Monday (2) autumn foliage

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On our garden tour in July, we saw a plethora of gorgeous flowers, landscaping, yard sculptures, row of tall arbor vitae, and constructed waterfalls with streams. One of the most delightful finds was at a place that had a path winding through a forest. My friend called out, “Hey look at these!”

for a cool moment
summer becomes fall
pink veins, brown blotches

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posting this 2nd one after remembering these leaves from July

Frank is today’s host for dVerse’ Haibun Monday.  Frank says:
Write a haibun that alludes to Fall foliage or Spring blossoms.

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  1. Sounds like a lovely garden and those leaves are amazingly abstract. Nice haibun.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thank you, Di. I actually think they may have a fungus/virus but they look cool, especially in July.

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  2. Wow, these leaves are incredible!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Yes, they are :)

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  3. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:

    Those colors are incredible on the leaves. That green on the bottom one is almost nature’s neon green.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      They are amazing! Yes, neon!

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  4. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:

    These are just amazing Li. Work of art by nature.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Sadje, I agree. You can’t beat nature’s art.

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      1. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:

        Very right 👍🏼👏🏼

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  5. rothpoetry's avatar rothpoetry says:

    Very cool leaves. Summer works its magic on the leaves with mold and fungus decorating them for you! Well done.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Dwight I think that’s exactly what decorated these. Two different kinds. I should have sealed them in wax paper like we used to do at school.

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  6. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

    They would have stopped me in my tracks too–wonderful! (K)

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  7. Those are some cool looking leaves.

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  8. Carol anne's avatar Carol anne says:

    a gorgeous haiku Lisa :-)

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  9. kim881's avatar kim881 says:

    Incredible leaves, but I think you’re right, they may have some kind of disease. I really lime the haiku.

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  10. Sometimes it just take a dry spell to breathe in a bit of autumn to the leaves of summer.

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  11. pvcann's avatar pvcann says:

    I find those beautiful, love them.

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  12. A haibunic still life! Delightful! 😀

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      :) Thanks, Frank!

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