Stacking wood, raking up a shocking number of acorns that fell this year, and cleaning up the garden are all things that demand my attention and energy right now. But I decided to work in a batch of papers as creative relief yesterday. Oh, wood got stacked, some of the acorns got raked, but I also had some fun. This is how it starts: This was a modest gathering of plants and flowers. Things are dying all round, and I feel the urgency to preserve them while I can. Though there is a marked difference in the intensity of some of the colors now. The leaves and some of the plants are just plain tired. A fair number of the papers in this batch were lackluster. Pale imitations of their former glory. But there were a few pleasing results....   I included a long vine that was attached to this morning glory, and the blue followed the stem around the paper... that was an unexpected but happy result...   This one is just a tad on the scary side.... And here is my favorite of the entire batch... lilac leaves that had turned burgundy/green/yellow on the plant that grows in the chicken run: The only thing is.... now all I'm left with is wood to stack, acorns to rake and a garden to clean up. Play time is over....   For now. :-)