PATTERNS FROM THE PRAIRIE Size:24X36 GALLERY WRAP I hope someday you get

I hope someday you get to experience it like I did those few mornings I had with the common loons

it was in the same location within the park along Eakin Creek West which connects to the South Fork Kishwaukee River where it was alone

This July morning started out like most other recent mornings with cool temperatures that brought mist to the low lying landscape here in Northern Illinois

cup plants (silphium perfoliatum)

The morning of February 1 I just happened to get lucky with that moment of perfect lighting at Wildflower Lake

PATTERNS FROM THE PRAIRIE Size:24X36 GALLERY WRAP I hope someday you getAfter a snow and freezing rain storm passes through the night before, windblown snow leaves patterns behind this patch of grasses as the afternoon sun illuminates this prairie landscape scene at Wildflower Park. (536 008)