FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) looked skyward for patterns from

looked skyward for patterns from the altostratus clouds and began photographing

I couldn't pass up the shot so

are abundant and can be seen in bloom from late spring to early autumn at Wildflower Park

A common prairie plant

FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) looked skyward for patterns fromThe forecast was to be another sunny beautiful day so, I left the house around 4: 30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve. The previous days I scouted out a few areas to photograph the wildflowers and the Burnidge Forest Preserve had plenty to photograph so, I made that my priority today. I knew where in the preserve I wanted to go to photograph the wildflowers because, there were an abundance of them. It wasn't long before I reached the area