Dandelion

Earlier this month, a typical frigid and uninspiring January day, I was walking across one of the large lawns that are ubiqitous of college campuses, when I spied, amidst the dead grasses and fallen leaves, a lone dandelion. We had had one brief warm day, somewhere in the mid fifties, and that was enough for this little guy to show his face.

I instantly pulled out my camera to capture his bravery, knowing that a cold day was coming and his reward for trying to get a little sun and warmth would to be frozen at the roots again, shriveled and dying.

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