THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA yellow coneflower and teasel weed

yellow coneflower and teasel weed

I didn't have to wait long before the colors of the sunrise were revealed and the sun breaking the horizon

I began photographing the wildflowers that consisted of blue vervain

The fog was going to be around for a few more hours so photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question

Many wildflowers can be seen while walking through the park including these smooth hedge nettles at Wildflower Park

THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA yellow coneflower and teasel weedA winter scene of Icicles dangle beneath frozen crab apples after a freezing rain storm passes through the night before in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park. (531 132)