The Old Leaf Was A New Leaf.

9 years ago, when I was taking time out in Barcelona, I picked up this leaf to use as a bookmark whilst I was reading in a park (probably some pretentious novel that would look good to an imagined passing intellectual beauty, but with which I was actually struggling with every sentence).
It was a troubled time in my life, but ever since I took that wee break things have got better and better for me, so I look back on it as a very important time. The leaf was still in the book when I got home (book remained unfinished) and so it has always been a little reminder of how life can swing and of how lucky I am.

PS. On a lighter note, did anyone else, yesterday,see the sign outside the hairdresser (junction of Inverleith Row and Ferry Rd) that read "Brazilian Blow Dry"?......the mind boggles. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me at the time and today it was gone.....the result of a complaint or two regarding porn hairdressing perhaps.....