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how is it 9 months ago

that a leaf can survive 87 years in a scrapbook? It’s attached and protected by nothing more than glue and original scrapbook paper. It’s as if it was placed in there just yesterday when you see the leaf’s condition. Only the paper appears to be old.

Mar 02, 01:22PM PST | 7 cheers


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Axx

because it is nature at it’s best!

Great picture

Mar 02, 01:27PM PST | Respond to this 2 cheers

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Preservation

As long as it is protected from extreme heat or cold, the fluids from the leaf would evaporate over time leaving just the flesh. The leaf has essentially become mummified.

Mar 04, 08:43PM PST | Thread | Respond to this 5 cheers

~hopped~ will be playing in the snow...ALL DAY

interesting

how that happens. I’ve even seen a 4-leaf clover preserved for many decades. And I wonder how many more decades it’ll last before it will disintegrate.

Mar 07, 09:52AM PST | Thread | Respond to this 2 cheers

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Disintegration

I would think that as long as the pages of the book are sealed tight, that the leaf would survive for centuries. Without exposure to the air, it wouldn’t further breakdown.

Mar 11, 08:27PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 10 cheers

~hopped~ will be playing in the snow...ALL DAY

It is actually

enclosed in a glass bookcase away from the destructive hands of people (LOL), but it’s not sealed tight. But if the scrapbook was to be pawed through a lot, I think it would begin to breakdown, especially from coming into contact with the oils of skin.

Mar 12, 01:28PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

CrunchyBread

dried leaves

I actually collect 4-leaf clovers, and have gotten so many over the years that they are a little bit commonplace to me. That’s why I have a pretty big collection of them now just rattling around in a box somewhere. And for the most part, they’re still good.

On the day I picked them I would press them in a book. After a few days I’d take them out, and they’d be flattened and dried for all eternity.

I’ve kept them in envelopes, in boxes, and loose in drawers. I’ve kept them for years and years. They just do not “disintegrate”, unless they are handled roughly. It’s the friction that breaks them down, not just age.

Nov 25, 11:00PM PST | Thread | Respond to this 3 cheers

~hopped~ will be playing in the snow...ALL DAY

Now...

the question is…are they giving you good luck???

Nov 28, 11:20AM PST | Respond to this

Biz loves giving cheers.

not only that, but pressed into the pages of a book the paper absorbed some of the leaf’s “juices”

Nov 26, 07:36AM PST | Respond to this


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