i didn’t intend for the northern half of this photo to look so frosty, and the southern half to look so tropical, but it works so well, i’m going to pretend that i intended it all along. with a fierce northern wind blowing outside my window right now, i’m also going to pretend those colored leaves are the chile peppers they resemble, and i’m going to daydream about fiery summer salsas.

fronts and backs of weeping willow leaves in november

turtle lake, saint paul, minnesota