Leaf Sliver

Before the snow came down and obliterated everything, while out for a stroll, I found this little fellow. A beech leaf, fallen from its tree and folded over double in the process of drying out. Being a magpie I greedily collected it and added it to my collection of bits and pieces, my "blip box" if you like.
Today the snow doesn't look so good. There has been a small bit of a thaw which has taken the real beauty away but the roads are still very bad out our way and we are still stuck in the house. Sky is dark and overcast too. This is the very time when the old blip box proves invaluable.