fall between the pages

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                            raking aside leaves

                                 on the background pond

                                              I release the moon.

                                                      – A haiku by H. F. Noyes

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Dry leaves between the pages started with my botany student sister years ago. This is one project which is ever going. I did it too and now my daughters have a few thick notebooks full of dry leaves and flowers.

This is what my elder daughter did for her school project – a wall hanging.

The creepers are of dried tomato plants. Orchids and bougainvillea flowers are kept as it is. The body of butterfly is made of rose leaves. The feathery wild growth (?) (on the right side) and wings of butterfly are coloured.

The wings of butterfly with their antennas are absolutely untouched-see the nature’s perfect cuts!

I can’t recognize these leaves (I mean the wings of butterfly ones). Anybody know? May be Robyn of garden rooms will be able to tell us.

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                          This photo by Daxiang Stef – via Flickr.

7 thoughts on “fall between the pages”

  1. designflute Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at Po5931e26: pm31
    parabplace,
    Thanks for the info but sorry I meant the leaves with which butterfly wings are made!
    anyway welcome here and glad you like it.

    I would like to know that too!

  2. parabplace,
    Thanks for the info but sorry I meant the leaves with which butterfly wings are made!
    anyway welcome here and glad you like it.

  3. This is Beautiful!
    Sandra Evertson

    Thankyou Sandra,
    hope u keep coming!
    Soon coming to explore your interesting blog!

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