Autumn Leaf Of The Day #16

 

“Leaves grow old gracefully, bring such joy in their last lingering days. How vibrant and bright is their final flurry of life.”

 
~Karen Gibbs 

 

I found this leaf, sitting on a footbridge, at the Cosumnes River Preserve River walkway. The late afternoon autumn sun made it shine with that special honey gold that you see only once a year. It was the last moment of the leaf's life, and it was going to die gracefully. I hope, when it's my time, I can manage that much tribute to my life lived!