In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Close Up.”

Love Letter Leaf

I must be the luckiest person alive.

The tree. Not the tree. Probably Nature. Is telling me, “I *heart* you”.

That leaf is so beautiful! It is a perfect heart shape.

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I need to zoom in on it!

Oh, my gorgeous Love Letter Leaf! What can I say?

It is a perfect heart shape. It is a luscious, rich green.

The network of delicate veins spread across the expanse of the leaf as the leaf glows from the backlight.

The glorious afternoon sun casts shadows from other leaves onto this special one.

The numerous tiny holes punctuate the Love Letter Leaf, but they do not reduce its beauty at all. In fact, the holes only go to show how healthy and delicious this leaf is; many caterpillars must have fed well on it. What a work of art.

A leaf could look so fantastic on close up.

“I *heart* you”, says the Love Letter Leaf.

I must be the luckiest person alive.

[Photo: Taken at Central Catchment Nature Reserve, MacRitchie, Singapore, 2013.]