A BURST OF BEAUTY Size:13x19 METAL PRINT Numerous cup plants (silphium perfoliatum)

Numerous cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) are in full bloom on this prairie scene during the summer months at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

Cottonwood trees are being backlit from a misty spring sunrise along the path at Wildflower Park

the South Fork Kishwaukee River begins to freeze from the edges inward

I have photographed this peachleaf willow tree hundreds of times throughout the years and it never gets boring

A BURST OF BEAUTY Size:13x19 METAL PRINT Numerous cup plants (silphium perfoliatum)A beautiful morning hiking through Starved Rock State Park as the autumn colors of maple, oak and hophornbeam trees of this deciduous forest were terrific and spectacular on this October morning. (683 3261)