. . . row row row seven . . .

. . . i am seriously on a roll . . .

. . . here's the next installment of 

the bee in my bonnet

row along . . .

. . . fall leaves . . .

. . . "swirling or twirling 

or blowing around 

in the 

chilly autumn wind leaves" . . . 

{lori's words}

. . . she posted this row 

the day before thanksgiving . . .

. . . you know ~ 

when there was 

actually supposed to be 

chilly autumn wind . . .

. . . well ~ autumn/winter 

happened here in arizona 

just last week . . .

. . . that's when 

all the leaves finally finished 

falling from my trees . . .

. . . so i guess now's 

as appropriate a time as any for me 

to get this row put together . . .

{today is super cloudy and grey 

and our grass is suffering the effects 

of last week's below-freezing temperatures}

. . . now let me tell you 

all the things i don't like 

about my row . . .

. . . my ocd-ness would 

not let me make 

any pink or blue or grey leaves . . .

. . . only "real" leaf colors . . .

. . . then ~ since i only used 

four color families 

and there are only four directions 

in which to turn the blocks ~ 

i wound up 

with all the same color leaves 

facing the same direction . . .

. . . dumb ocd-ness . . .

. . . i wish i could make myself 

be purposefully random . . .

. . . here's a little more ocd-ness 

for you . . .

{total number of pieces in row 7: 177}

{total number of pieces in rows 1-7: 853}