Sunday, January 4, 2026

 

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

Scarlet Oak Leaves

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn

Ralph Waldo Emerson

August

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

 

Leaves Down a Country Road

Walker, there is no road,

the road is made by walking

Proverbs and Songs by Antonio Machado


November

Wood Ferns

Like ferns we unfold with time, we root deep and we rise gracefully.

Instagram Post by wolff_caro


December

 

Poinsettia Leaves

December is a time to reflect on the blessings of the past year and to embrace the opportunities of the coming one.

Oprah Winfrey