BEAUTIFUL MARKINGS SNAPPING TURTLE (CHELYDRA SERPINTINA) This was a beautiful and

This was a beautiful and remarkable landscape scene to have witnessed and photographed

Hiking to ouzel falls will bring you to ouzel falls bridge and ouzel creek at about the three mile mark where you can continue for another 3 miles to ouzel lake or 3

After photographing the wildflowers

A calm and peaceful scene to watch as a lite mist hovers over Wildflower Lake with reflections from the maple

focused and composed the scene in front of me and pressed the shutter release button a few times

BEAUTIFUL MARKINGS SNAPPING TURTLE (CHELYDRA SERPINTINA) This was a beautiful andA beautifully marked red admiral butterfly stands atop a black eyed susan flower not far off the trail at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois. (429 84)