EXTRAVAGANT MORNING FROZEN BRANCHES An early morning dusting of

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

A beautiful spring sunrise illuminates this scene along the south fork Kishwaukee River as a male mallard duck swims close by

which makes for some good photography

photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question

EXTRAVAGANT MORNING FROZEN BRANCHES An early morning dusting ofA slight breeze moves across Wildflower Lake leaving soft ripples of peace as the morning colors of the sunrise shifts from the purples and pinks to the oranges on this beautiful spring morning in Northern Illinois. (501 19)