SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS Size:20X30 GALLERY WRAP A single cup plant flower

A single cup plant flower is being illuminated by the early morning summer sun

then partial sunny skies

The lighting had been very good this early spring morning in Northern Illinois and I enjoyed finding the best composition and photographing this common milkweed plant (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA)

Morning sunlight illuminates this blue vervain plant in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park

The first things I see while starting out on my walk are the peachleaf willow trees that greet me while a mist hovers over a cool landscape with a beautiful and colorful spring sunrise off in the distance at Wildflower Park

SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS Size:20X30 GALLERY WRAP A single cup plant flowerWild geranium flowers blanket the forest floor complimenting the green foliage near the Fox River during the spring and early summer months in Northern Illinois. (440 85)