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Eliza Waters 
Beech leaves are a favorite of mine – lovely.
Thank you, Tom. This tree is next to our trail, and I’ve been observing it daily for years, ever since it was a wee thing. A good friend. 🙂
Love the curl, the interesting lines and scalloped edges. Good seeing, Eliza.🙂
Thank you, Jane. 🙂
Well observed!
Thank you, Anne!
Wrinkled and old, finally reaching its destiny after a journey so profound. A life in the sun, waving in the breeze, growing inside and out. To finally drift down to another world, become something more than it was 🤗❤️🙏
Very poetic, Mark. 🙂
Thank you Eliza, and thank you for sharing your world 🤗❤️🙏
I love the picture, but I also think the title is perfect!
Thank you! xx
….and quietly we’ll fall to the forest floor and new leaves will appear.
The winds of March will see to that. 🙂
When I see curled leaves, I know it’s COLD outside! Love the forefront curled leaf, it’s edging is lovely!
Thank you, Donna.
Baby, it’s cold outside!
We are just beginning to feel the blunt, I am nervous about the next few days, and you’re further north!! Stay warm and safe!
Same to you!
I suspect those leaves are going to be snow covered pretty soon. Just started snowing here.
Yes, our snow started around 2 pm. 4-5″ expected… time will tell.
Ours started about 9 am. Hoping it will be out of here around 7:30 tonight so we can shovel a bit!
I can almost hear the leaves rustle.
Exactly what I love about these leaves in winter. I miss the rustling of summer leaves in the trees during dormancy.
I can hear your crunchy footsteps…if my hearing aids are in. Great photo, as are all of them.
Thank you, Gary. 🙂
beautiful image Eliza
Thank you, Sylvia!
Lovely. Looks like the leaves are protecting something inside. So pretty.
Thank you, Dale. I love beech leaves, summer or winter. But it is in winter that the winds rustle them quietly, such a peaceful sound.
Yes. Oak leaves, too (which I see more of here).
It’s impressive that their leaves remain in place despite the season. Fine title and photo!
Thank you, Belinda. Marcescence is the word that describes this phenomenon in beech trees.
They almost look like cocoons!!
Yes, they do! 🙂
You find beauty in everything you set your eyes on, Eliza!
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Thank you, Kris! 🙂
I’ve never seen leaves curl in quite that way, unless a spider or other creature had pulled the edges together. They’re beautiful in themselves, but they also remind me of cannoli!
Yum, cannoli! 😉
Largely due the dry wind/low humidity, their texture is like parchment paper. They will relax and open in the rain, but not a lot of that this time of year. We’re expecting 4-5″ of snow tonight.
They are probably curling up to escape the cold 😉
That and the drying winds. 🌬️
Fascinating the way beech leaves cling to the tree for so long. We still have some on our hornbeams, although some of those are already bare too. I hear you are getting a cold spell again. Stay warm!
Thank you, Cathy. It is snowing now and it is so pretty. The cold coming isn’t as welcome! 😀
A little bit of autumn about to meet the winter, by the sounds of things. Keep warm!
Thank you, Adele, I certainly will. 🙂
Great observation. Is it just me? I want to reach in and gently unfurl a leaf to see if anything is tucked inside, but I know it must stay unbothered.
Thanks, Susie. It is from dryness, no critter hides within. 🙂
Interesting! I don’t think I have ever noticed the leaves curling like that. I’ll have to take a closer look. 😊
Lack of humidity causes it. If it rained, they would relax out again. 🙂
Curled, dried leaves are so interesting to look at. Lovely image.
Thank you, Monika!
When I’m surrounded by snow I wrap myself around myself also. 🙂
It is a good strategy. 🙂
You are constantly present for the nature.
It is what settles me. 🙂