A photograph of a winter scene. The background shows a snowy expanse with several human and animal tracks crossing it. It extends to an iced over river, with a shore full of bare trees on the horizon. The sky is a clear, light blue with no clouds, and the sun is not visible, but the snow is bright from it being high in the sky.
In the foreground are a few thin tree branches with clusters of brown, dead leaves scattered along them. There is a cluster at the end of a curved branch in focus right at the front, glowing almost golden the way the sun it hitting it, despite being brown and papery.
This photograph was taken on the banks of the Mississippi River in Grafton, Illinois by Taralei Griffin in February 2025.
I am so ready for the river to thaw
& life to grow on 💚🌱
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