A PASTEL MORNING OF TREES INSECT While photographing

While photographing

False sunflowers are numerous on the west side of Wildflower Park during late spring through early autumn

Arrowleaf ragwort lines the banks of glacier creek with numerous small waterfalls complimenting the views through glacier gorge in Rocky Mountain National Park

The puffy cumulus clouds above made this a perfect morning to photograph at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

If you haven't heard the call of a common loon in the wild

A PASTEL MORNING OF TREES INSECT While photographingA beautiful cool misty spring morning with cottonwood trees and peachleaf willow trees highlighted by the pastel colors behind just before the sun breaks the horizon in Northern Illinois. (639 1209)