CALLING TO HIS PARTNER CUP PLANTS (SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM) with a mild breeze moving

with a mild breeze moving across the surface leaving small ripples in its wake

peachleaf willow tree and box elder trees that line the banks of Eakin Creek West

An early morning dusting of snow in Northern Illinois brings a beautiful winter scene to this prairie landscape with a charismatic peachleaf willow tree standing tall alongside the trail and among the wetland cattails at Wildflower Park

we have been having cool misty mornings which these kind of sunrises can be very dramatic

CALLING TO HIS PARTNER CUP PLANTS (SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM) with a mild breeze movingA red winged blackbird calls out looking for his partner while perched on a branch at Wildflower Park. (566 134)