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With spring not too far away (in the southern hemisphere) and the weather starting to warm up again it suddenly dawned on me that I hadn't undertaken any kind of hibernation this winter, so I decided that I should have a kind of emergency one, so as not to miss out. I don't know why hedgehogs and bears should have all the fun....

What is it about this leaf? If you're one of my Instagram followers you'll have seen a gradual unfolding of some small paintings on paper using the Round Leafed Mallee as inspiration. I had never come across this eucalypt leaf until it arrived in a bunch of flowers, as background greenery to some beautiful blooms.

I found a new favourite leaf! Or rather it found me as it arrived in a bunch of flowers as background greenery, but I instantly looked past those and at the gorgeous sprigs of Round Leafed Mallee, which have the most lovely rounded shape and the twigs are almost zig-zag shaped in places, quite unusual. I also confess that I was secretly happy once the bunch generally started to show signs of expiry and I could dismantle the arrangement and pull out the little branches of leav