THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA An early morning dusting of

An early morning dusting of snow in Northern Illinois brings a beautiful winter scene to this prairie landscape along the South Fork Kishwaukee River with box elder trees standing precariously alongside the banks and some charismatic peachleaf willow trees off to the right at Wildflower Park

I began photographing the wildflowers that consisted of blue vervain

blue vervain and eastern daisy fleabane just to name a few

The fog was going to be around for a few more hours so photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question

which was near Wildflower Lake

THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA An early morning dusting ofA winter scene of Icicles dangle beneath frozen crab apples after a freezing rain storm passes through the night before in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park. (531 132)