PRAIRIE TREES FROM A MISTY MORNING RUDDY DUCKS (OXYURA JAMAICENSIS) maple and hophornbeam trees of

maple and hophornbeam trees of this deciduous forest at wildcat canyon overlook were terrific and spectacular on this October morning

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purple and other colors

following the clouds would bring you to the lake

A 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

PRAIRIE TREES FROM A MISTY MORNING RUDDY DUCKS (OXYURA JAMAICENSIS) maple and hophornbeam trees ofA beautiful cool misty spring morning on the prairie as the colors shift from pastel to an orange hue with the sun breaking the horizon behind these cottonwood trees and peachleaf willow trees in Northern Illinois. (639 1218)