VIEWING A MISTY SUNRISE FROM THE LAKE Size:20x30 GALLERY WRAP A box elder tree stands

A box elder tree stands alone amidst the golden grasses of the summer morning on this northern prairie

that the migration of sandhill cranes are flying north to their breeding grounds is in full force as thousands of them make the journey

I arrived early in the morning near Salt Creek Falls to photograph the recent snow storm the Cascade Mountains had received

blue vervain and eastern daisy fleabane just to name a few

VIEWING A MISTY SUNRISE FROM THE LAKE Size:20x30 GALLERY WRAP A box elder tree standsA beautiful early misty morning hike through Wildflower Park as the sunrise is reflected onto Wildflower Lake in Northern Illinois. (670 2373)