leaves i wore

My belt is thrifted.

..."Once we'd struggled through the underbrush at the transition from field to forest, the space opened up and became gladelike, oaks and maples and chestnuts growing high."

You've seen these thrifted boots before.

My vest was once my husband's sweatshirt.
When it shrank up in the dryer, years ago,
I cut off the sleeves, & I cut off the band.

"The earth was loamy, springy beneath our feet, and carpeted with leaves and pine needles that cushioned our steps, silenced them." 

"We grew quiet, too, walking amid the trees. The wind rustled the leaves high above, but around the air was still...

My thrifted blouse has
printed leaves |in shades of green & russet.

..."light filtered in through the trees and made dancing patterns on the forest floor"...

"I imagined the deer everywhere, as soft as rabbits, as fleeting as gazelle, as white as snowdrifts, we did not even glimpse them"...

quotes by Kim Edwards

 Today is Thursdays are for Thrifters
 at The Spunky Chateau,
if you want to link party.