REFLECTIONS OF THE ELDERS Size:24x36 FINE ART PAPER A red-tailed hawk perches on

A red-tailed hawk perches on the branch of a peachleaf willow tree as it looks over this wetland landscape while a gray squirrel watches closely from the safety of another peachleaf willow tree nearby on this cool winter morning at Wildflower Park

I began photographing the wildflowers that consisted of blue vervain

A freezing rain storm passed through the night before

this male wasn't moving to quickly as I take a series of photographs of him moving slowly towards the outer branches of the tree at Wildflower Park

REFLECTIONS OF THE ELDERS Size:24x36 FINE ART PAPER A red-tailed hawk perches onBox elder trees are reflected onto a calm and smooth flowing Eakin Creek West as it picks up the blue hour colors of the night that brings the sunset to a close at Wildflower Park. (562 22)