FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) looked skyward for patterns from

looked skyward for patterns from the altostratus clouds and began photographing

Mist lingers throughout the morning hours as the sun rises behind this peachleaf willow tree sending out sunbursts just before I cross over the South Fork Kishwaukee River on this cool summer morning at Wildflower Park

A misty morning covers Wildflower park with a peachleaf willow tree and elderberry bushes being illuminated by the spring sun on this May morning in Northern Illinois

are abundant and can be seen in bloom from late spring to early autumn at Wildflower Park

The rain was being cooperative by holding off so I could photograph the sky above

FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) looked skyward for patterns fromThe forecast was to be another sunny beautiful day so, I left the house around 4: 30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve. The previous days I scouted out a few areas to photograph the wildflowers and the Burnidge Forest Preserve had plenty to photograph so, I made that my priority today. I knew where in the preserve I wanted to go to photograph the wildflowers because, there were an abundance of them. It wasn't long before I reached the area