For a few weeks, I've been admiring sidewalk leaves and pondering how to transform them into prints. In fact, I've been toting leaves home and stashing them in the cabinet with this very intention. Then Maya found an easy way to do exactly that!
This morning, in a Martha-Stewart moment, I quickly carved a stamp from one of the leaves I'd hustled home from my daily walk. Then, I headed to The Arboretum with eyes on the trail for more leaves. (Note: This stoop/examine/collect-or-reject process makes walking progress much more slow.) 
Noticing the seasonal changes in the forest was a bonus.
I also got to see, first-hand, the impact of our extended drought. Dead trees all over town are being cut down and removed, for fear of forest fire or wind damage. The woods are much less lovely, dark, and deep these days.
Houston Arboretum
Jesse Jones Park
Mercer Arboretum
Nature Discovery Center
Brazos Bend State Park
Collect leaves, turn soft pencils or crayons on their sides, and do some rubbings to get a similar effect.
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There's a Book for That!
Trees of Texas by Carmine Stahl
Field Guide to Trees of North America
Printing by Hand by Lena Corwin
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