THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA yellow coneflower and teasel weed

yellow coneflower and teasel weed

Many wildflowers can be seen while walking through the park including these smooth hedge nettles at Wildflower Park

An early morning dusting of snow in Northern Illinois brings a beautiful winter scene to this prairie landscape along the South Fork Kishwaukee River with box elder trees standing precariously alongside the banks and some charismatic peachleaf willow trees off to the right at Wildflower Park

It doesn't take long to come upon the section of the creek that I enjoy

THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA yellow coneflower and teasel weedA 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. (531 132)