photo: abstract fall art

[jesse_the_k]

Three reddish-brown oak leaves, backs dotted with dew, rest near my front door. One balances at the edge of the black rubber door sill ramp, while the others splay on cool grey concrete, near the grey-green siding. Evokes, I hope, Mondrian.

They're hidden now, because of course we had our first snow fall--excuse me, "wintry mix." How's the weather by you?

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[jesse_the_k]

Oak trees are fabulous, and our yard features three kinds. I appreciate how they hold so tightly to their leaves throughout the winter, providing a sibilant rattle to the whistling winter winds.

My town was mostly an oak savanna before the colonialists arrived.

ALL THE ACORNS! I've longed to make acorn flour, but all the how-tos I've consulted begin "place acorns in a net bag in a stream for six weeks," and I'm just not equipped.