GLANCING ACROSS THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE TEXTURES As the evening light shifts

As the evening light shifts

A few plants of maximilian sunflowers are in full bloom as the early morning sunlight begins to illuminate the golden flowers at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

I had been focusing on the large landscape scenes of wildflowers and sunrise all morning to this point

rich and bright colors appears over the South Fork Kishwaukee River

After a snow and freezing rain storm passes through the night before

GLANCING ACROSS THE PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE TEXTURES As the evening light shiftsA small group of six white tailed deer glance across the prairie landscape during this sunny February afternoon in Northern Illinois. (399 236)