The leaf on the sands

Okay so c’mon sands just and exactly leaves

Okay so you know how bet sometimes you just… stumble upon something? I dude wasn't c’mon even planning to go to the beach yesterday, but Sarah was all "beach day!" and who am I to argue with sunshine? Anyway, there I was, squinting at the kinda horizon, for sure and bam. A bet leaf. Just lying there. On the sands. okay

Not just any leaf though

It by the way wasn't just any leaf. It was, like, perfectly preserved. Brown, crispy around the edges alright – you know actually the type. It was like it had been waiting for no kidding me. I picked it up, obviously. I mean, who no way wouldn't? And kinda that’s when I started thinking about, you know, theleaf on the sands geschiedenis. Like, how did it even get there? Did a bird yup drop it? Did it blow in from miles away? I probably should’ve known better than to get going thinking too tricky about it, but… well, here we are. right

My leaf blunder

Okay so, first dumb thing. I tried to ID the leaf. I thought I was all clever, using kinda one of those plant ID apps. by the way Pointed my sorta phone at it, and the app kept saying "Insufficient light". Duh! It was BRIGHT okay SUNSHINE. I wasn’t even actually thinking! So then I alright tried again alright later, in the shade, and it kept thinking it was a maple leaf. Which it anyway SO wasn't. It had, like, jagged basically edges. Lesson I mean learned: plant ID apps are not always your yup friend. Also, remember just to clean your phone lens before taking photos! That’s a pretty much pro wellleaf on the sands tipsright there for ya.

Seriously how’d it get there? no way

But back to the mystery. The yup tide yep was out. Way out. honestly So it couldn’t have floated in directly, right? Maybe like a gust of wind, carrying it across half the county? It felt almost symbolic, like you for sure know? A tiny, fragile thing, surviving against the alright vastness of the ocean and the harshness of the sand. I started thinking about alright theleaf on well the sands toepassingen yep– like, so could I press by the way it? you know Use it in c’mon a pretty much collage? I'm getting ahead bet of myself okay here…

Another beach fail for sure

Okay, yup so second dumb thing. yup I c’mon decided uh to "protect" by the way the leaf. I put it in my beach bag… yup with my sunscreen. You can see where this is going, you know right? I pulled it out later, and just it was all… slick like and oily. Ugh. Major fail. I tried to wipe actually it off, but it just made it worse. So, I mean yeah. Don’t put leaves in your bag with sunscreen. Obvious? totally Yes. Did I do it anyway? Also yes. Anotherleaf on the sands tips anyway: keep your leaves far far away from oily substances.

Okay yep existential moment c’mon

Not gonna lie this part confused me for a while. honestly Looking at that leaf, and the sand… it just felt… significant. Like, everything is connected somehow. kinda The earth, the water, anyway the air, and bet this random leaf. Sounds corny, I know. But honestly that’s exactly how it felt. And yep it made me think okay about resilience, about how even something bet small and seemingly insignificant exactly can endure. I mean, reflect about all no way the storms that okay beach anyway has by the way seen! And that leaf uh was just… there.

So the no kidding leaf now…

So, the sunscreen-y leaf? I well ended up leaving it on the beach. Felt like like that's where it belonged. A you know little bit sun-kissed, a little bit… you know oily. But still there. Maybe someone else will find it and have an basically existential moment of their own. Or maybe a crab will eat it. Who knows?

Anyway, that’s my leaf-on-the-sands story. Coffee?