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Oak Leaf

Oak Leaf

Mary Beal · March 26, 2014 · 1 Comment

Curled, crisp and brown, clinging to the twig, an oak leaf twists and turns in the breeze. Driven by the winter storms, sheathed at times with ice, not until soft spring whispers, and the twig swells with new life, does the leaf release its hold. Blown into a … [Read more...] about Oak Leaf