ITS ICE COLD IN THE PARK WILD BERGAMOT OR BEE BALM (MONARDA FISTULOSA) like this hawthorn and honey

like this hawthorn and honey locust trees along with the landscape in black and white which adds a little more mystery and mood to the images

Over a 2 day period (November 25-26)

I left the house wanting to photograph the beautiful wildflowers of the Park with a colorful sunrise

The lighting this morning was incredibly magnificent just before the storm rolled in

ITS ICE COLD IN THE PARK WILD BERGAMOT OR BEE BALM (MONARDA FISTULOSA) like this hawthorn and honeyA 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. (531 138)