We dug out a piece of stone with plant fossil from our backyard.  :D  The shape of the leaves are clearly marked on the stone.  The mother nature has left the kiss marks on the stone.  Don’t you think that the leaves fossil look like the kiss marks?

There is only a small area on the stone that has fossil.  And there are different types of leaves fossils on the stone.

Part of the stone has been carved into odd shape by the mother nature.

I put my eyes very close to the stone and discovered that there is a mini landscaping hidden inside.  There are mini mountains, mini valley, sand and rocks.  I think I can use this piece of rock as a bonsai pot.

This is how the whole thing looks like.

I turned it upside down, there is a thick layer of soil covering it.  May be I should learn what an archaeologist usually do:- take a small brush and brush away the soil.  Then I might find out more marks on this stone.

Actually, I am not sure whether this stone can be considered as a fossil.  It might be the leftover mortar poured by the construction workers onto the soil and the leaves had fallen onto it, but it does not look like a product of cement.  It looks more like a limestone.

This is how I take its photos.  :p  I put it on my chair with 2 pieces of A4 papers.  My camera was mounted on the tripod.  First, I zoomed the lens and locked the focus, then my left hand held the light and moved around looking for good direction of light source to show the details of the stone.  Finally, I use my right hand to press the shutter release button using the camera remote control.

What and how many things can you find from the picture above?  I have limited space, and they are the things around me.