TEXTURES AND PATTERNS FROM THE EARLY MORNING SNOW WINTER Crab apple trees are in

Crab apple trees are in full bloom as the morning sunlight illuminates the vibrant colors of their flowers with Wildflower Lake close behind at Wildflower Park

yellow coneflower and teasel weed

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A beautiful and colorful common loon gracefully swims across Wildflower Lake as it swims close by looking and investigating my way

TEXTURES AND PATTERNS FROM THE EARLY MORNING SNOW WINTER Crab apple trees are inThis January winter morning sunrise brought some incredible lighting of cool and soft looking colors around these elderberry bushes along the South Fork Kishwaukee River in Northern Illinois. I like how the soft lighting brings out the textures of the patterns in the snow beneath the elderberry bushes. The temperature was an incredible 28F. (529 38)