BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED DOCK as the sunlight illuminated the

as the sunlight illuminated the prairie and these rosinweed flowers during the early morning hours

some wild bergamot was near as was false sunflowers and goldenrod that was yet to blossom along with a couple rosinweed plants

I decided to head back home

A male northern cardinal perches on a branch of a peachleaf willow tree on this summer evening at Wildflower Park

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED DOCK as the sunlight illuminated theAfter photographing the wildflowers with a misty sunrise scenes at Wildflower Park, I focused on the individual wildflowers that were close to the trail. There was one plant that I knew was in perfect condition from passing by it earlier that I wanted to photograph so, I backtracked some and switched out my lens to my nikkor 105mm macro. The early morning sunlight was falling perfectly on this swamp milkweed plant illuminating the umbels with the