Whenever we’re exploring and admiring LA neighborhoods, we always come across a variety of trees, plants and flowers. We recently experienced a lightning filled thunderstorm and the day(s) after were an ideal time to forage for any downed leaves, bark, pods, etc. Those are the times I feel like a botanist and at other times I feel like a possessed hobbyist filling my collecting bag with anything that catches my eye ( #driedflowerart ). I’m drawn to all kinds of textures, shapes and colors, but my favorites are leaves that are maturing but with a #hintofyouth still in them. I sheepishly admit that I fancy myself to be still just like that .

“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old” — Franz Kafka