DAWN BREAKING FROM THE PRAIRIE OAK TREES Morning mist hovers over this

Morning mist hovers over this summer landscape as the sunlight finally breaks through the cloud cover illuminating this scene of grasses and box elder trees during sunrise at Wildflower Park

A hot air balloon rises above the prairie on this beautiful summer morning in Northern Illinois

I was able to hear them call

This image of a paper birch tree was photographed a couple weeks ago during some of the snow storms we had here in Northern Illinois

mostly box elder trees line the banks of Eakin Creek West that separates the colorful sky with the beautiful wildflowers

DAWN BREAKING FROM THE PRAIRIE OAK TREES Morning mist hovers over thisThe forecast this July morning was to be mostly clear with a few clouds. I thought it would be another beautiful and colorful sunrise so, I left the house wanting to photograph the beautiful wildflowers of the Park with a colorful sunrise. I knew where in the park that had an abundance of wildflowers, which was the west side and a beautiful sunrise to photograph. I reached the trailhead soon after leaving the house with camera gear in hand and it