WATCHING A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET UNFOLD HOARY VERVAIN (VERBENA STRICTA) A male red-winged blackbird puts

A male red-winged blackbird puts on a display showing its colorful epaulettes while calling out trying to attract a female as it perches on a cattail stalk in this wetland setting at Wildflower Park

A beautiful and colorful sunrise appears over Wildflower Lake on this April morning

The wildflowers this year were beautiful

A hot air balloon rises above the prairie on this beautiful summer morning in Northern Illinois

if you stay with it

WATCHING A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET UNFOLD HOARY VERVAIN (VERBENA STRICTA) A male red-winged blackbird putsSince the beginning of the new year, it has been overcast and gloomy most days. Today started out no different then the other days with the gloomy weather except, that the forecast was showing partial sun breaks in the afternoon. I decided to head out around late morning and hope the forecast would be correct. I was just slowly meandering around the Park waiting for that change. About 2 pm the clouds started to break and I decided that I would catch