A GRACEFUL FLIER BLUE VERVAIN (VERBENA HASTATA) With the colors of this

With the colors of this July sunrise appearing as the sun touches the horizon

I like how the soft lighting brings out the textures of the patterns in the snow beneath the elderberry bushes

A male wood duck is perched high up on a burr oak branch with the female not far from view on this beautiful spring morning at Wildflower Park

The beauty of the world will show is when you are able to open your eyes

I like photographing the landscape in black and white

A GRACEFUL FLIER BLUE VERVAIN (VERBENA HASTATA) With the colors of thisUpwards of 1500 canada geese can be seen on their migration north at Wildflower Lake and along the South Fork Kishwaukee River as this individual flies overhead continuing on to its breeding grounds. (534 33)