MYSTICAL PARK Size:13x19 FINE ART PAPER The early morning sunlight brightens

The early morning sunlight brightens the florets of the common milkweed at Wildflower Park

What an awesome experience this had been seeing this beautiful and colorful bird so close up

A winter scene of Icicles dangle beneath frozen crab apples after a freezing rain storm passes through the night before in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park

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

I was looking for some good wildflower composition to photograph with the sunrise and came upon this scene of queen anne's lace and eastern daisy fleabane

MYSTICAL PARK Size:13x19 FINE ART PAPER The early morning sunlight brightensA thick heavy fog surrounds the park on this wet morning as I gaze out overlooking Wildflower Lake only to be able to see about 50 yards ahead. I decide to photograph silhouettes and close ups along with the landscape in black and white which adds a little more mystery and mood to the images. Wildflower Park. (471 60)