FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) I could smell the beautiful

I could smell the beautiful sweet fragrance of the milkweed

looked skyward for patterns from the altostratus clouds and began photographing

I couldn't pass up the shot so

I looked back and noticed the sunburst through the tree with the rays of sunshine extending out onto the prairie landscape

FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) I could smell the beautifulThe 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