i photographed this tendril not even knowing the leaf didn’t belong to the vine. i was waist deep in snow when i shot the photo, and was a little distracted by the cold and the snow melting down my back. when i got home and uploaded the image, i discovered that little lasso of a tendril that must have reached out in slow motion for a whole summer before finally encircling its target and hog-tying the leaf on the adjacent branch.

wild vine tendril with captured leaf

arden hills, minnesota