AN AUTUMN FOREST ICE SKATING bench and South Fork Kishwaukee

bench and South Fork Kishwaukee River

Blue vervain grow abundantly throughout Wildflower Park with picturesque clouds overhead and oak trees off in the distance

it sure was a coyote

A prairie of black-eyed susan brings color and beauty to this prairie landscape scene at Wildflower Park

I thought this peachleaf willow tree standing above the cattails with the fading soft light from behind

AN AUTUMN FOREST ICE SKATING bench and South Fork KishwaukeeA beautiful morning hiking through Starved Rock State Park as the autumn colors of maple, oak and hophornbeam trees of this deciduous forest were terrific and spectacular on this October morning. (683 3298)