Good Morning on this Cyber Monday! Did you survive Thanksgiving and Black Friday and all the college football rivalries? Today, my photo and pattern stories are rather random but fun. The first isn't yet a pattern, although eventually, one of the throw-away photos from this same photo shoot might just become one. We have a Japanese maple tree in our front yard. I love that tree. Every year, I watch it as the seasons change, noting the different colors of its leaves and how it changes so gracefully, yet - just like life - sometimes at lightning speed. A couple of years ago, I took a photo that I eventually turned into a paint-like print. That year, the leaves were large. Available on Zazzle (also available as a jigsaw puzzle ) This year, however, the leaves were tiny. I wanted a different kind of image, but never could get a good one. The wind took away leaves one by one, until there were only a few left. Most of those were already shriveling up, but I looked at...