Saturday was gorgeous, so we spent much of the day outside cleaning up our yard. The kids raked together the leaves of our Japanese Maple tree, which are always especially soft and fun to play in.
They had seen a full-size (and therefore enormous) replica of a Bald Eagle’s nest on our visit to Stone Zoo, and they decided to recreate it. They did a great job! They were having a hard time playing at being eagles, though, so they switched the nest to an owl’s nest, which they found much more approachable.
I’ve always thought that our Japanese Maple leaves looked like pink gold when they change color in the fall. It’s hard to capture on film, though!
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Oh, lovely pictures! Japanese maples are my favourite, we have one right outside our kitchen/living room windows.
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What a fun day! I wish we had leaves like that!
Love fall leaves! My autistic son blows them down with a leaf blower when he thinks they are taking too long to drop.
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Making a nest out of leaves is perfect! Kids’ ideas are wonderful!
Playing in leaves is the best! Your Japanese Maple is beautiful!
look like fun. Love Japanese Maple too. the weather has been great here too but windy :)
We also have a Japanese Maple, they are so pretty! Lovely nest!
I love Japanese Maples! And seeing everyone having such a good time!
This tree (and the kiddos) are beautiful. What a fun game they invented!
Thank you, Natalie!
They’re beautiful leaves!
That tree is so lovely, and so is your children’s creative play with the leaves!
It was fun to see their game evolve!
That tree is gorgeous!
I love that tree. I was so happy when it survived our surprise snow storm!