Ginkgo Leaves

I am completely inspired by ginkgo leaves.

Maybe that's odd, but I just love their shape.

Somehow they are whimsical and just different from the rest.

A photo of a ginkgo branch in San Francisco, that I took earlier this year:

A fossil of a ginkgo leaf!

How cool is that?!!

According to Wikipedia's page on the ginkgo leaf:

The Ginkgo is a living fossil, with fossils recognisably related to modern Ginkgo date back 270 million years

WOWZA!

THIS beautiful necklace is from i like you as a friend Jewelry

Fortunately for me, my good friend Cristalle is the designer and maker of this pendant!
And I got one for my birthday.
And I <3 it so much!

I have LOVED these mobiles since the first time I saw them:

The mobile is made by Moon-Lily and sold for $236 by Hanging Mobile Gallery (and others).

I love it sooo much. And if it was half the price or if I was RICH, I'd think about getting it.

Until then, I will admire from afar!

I am a big fan of Queen Bee Creations

So much that I have several of their bags.

On a trip to Portland, OR last summer, I had to stop at their studio (all of their products are made in their Portland studio!) I knew that I should not get another bag so I made myself a deal:
I would only get a bag if they had one with a ginkgo leaf on it.

And guess what? 

They did:

The leaf is from a tree in SF....
But the bag was a sample from their studio and I love it!

More photos that I took of SF's ginkgo trees!

I have lots of dried ginkgo leaves...

big ones

and a bunch of tiny ones

Leaves from Berkley, SF, SLO, and Oregon!

Is that weird?

I think not.

Now I know that Ginkgo Trees apparently smell... badly.

But I have not had that experience yet.

So until then, ignorance is bliss!

 

Nature is an easy place to be inspired!