On Monday the world wasn’t ready for these WATER images. Not sure the world is ready for them yet. I can’t hold them back any longer:

All of these pictures were taken near the Des Moines River in Ledges State Park.
Before I allow you to go, I also need to publish a picture from Kim Barker. She submitted her picture by the 11 AM deadline, but through a comedy of errors, I missed it and didn’t get it published on Monday. Here is Kim’s WATER picture:

Kim Barker
A pox upon me for a clumsy lout.
These are gorgeous. I hadn’t even realized there was any ice yet.
Probably completely frozen over now. I was out there a little bit on Sunday, but I forgot to check on the river.