GETTING READY FOR THEIR DAY CATTAILS I continued past the cottonwood

I continued past the cottonwood trees

composed the sunlit bridge with the grasses in the foreground and snapped the shutter a couple times at Wildflower Park

I reached the bridge that crosses over the South Fork Kishwaukee River shortly after leaving the lake in which I looked back and seen this beautiful view of the colorful sky with the bridge and the peachleaf willow tree that I have come to enjoy photographing and seeing along my hikes in the park

Morning mist hovers over this summer landscape as the sunlight finally breaks through the cloud cover illuminating this scene of grasses and box elder trees during sunrise at Wildflower Park

This had been a beautiful summer sunrise landscape scene to photograph on this July morning at Wildflower Park

GETTING READY FOR THEIR DAY CATTAILS I continued past the cottonwoodAs the sunrises, a small rookery of great blue herons get ready for their day while overlooking the marsh at Exner Wetland Nature Preserve. (487 90)