Reflections – Leaves Throughout the Year
January
| Ivy Leaves |
Every January, the year begins again with whispers of possibilities that didn’t exist before.
Maya Angelou
February
| Beech Leaves |
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
Kahlil Gibran
March
| Skunk Cabbage Leaves |
See those green cabbage buds lifting the dry leaves in that watery and muddy place. There is no can’t nor cant to them. They see over the brow of winter’s hill. They see another summer ahead.
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau
April
| River Willow Leaves |
Planting a tree is a gesture of faith in the future.”
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
May
| Trillium Leaves on the Woods Floor |
That is one good thing about this world - there are always sure to be more springs.
Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery
June
| Black Walnut Leaves |
Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
Anton Chekhov
July
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| Scarlet Oak Leaves |
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn
Ralph Waldo Emerson
August
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| Sassafras Leaf |
Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.
Tasneern Harneed
September
| Floating Leaves |
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus
October
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| Leaves Down a Country Road |
Walker, there is no road,
the road is made by walking
Proverbs and Songs by Antonio Machado
November
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| Wood Ferns |
Like ferns we unfold with time, we root deep and we rise gracefully.
Instagram Post by wolff_caro
December
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| Poinsettia Leaves |
December is a time to reflect on the blessings of the past year and to embrace the opportunities of the coming one.




