MISTY MORNING WITH A PEACHLEAF WILLOW TREE Size:24X36 GALLERY WRAP After an overnight snowfall and

After an overnight snowfall and freezing rain grip this prairie landscape

It wasn't long before I reached the area of wildflowers I wanted to photograph

You can usually get some pretty dramatic looking cloud patterns from the thunderstorms and that was my hope this morning

It was so cold and windy this day that I had a hard time focusing on this scene because my eyes would constantly tear up do to the severe weather

I stopped by the bridge that crosses over the South Fork Kishwaukee River and photographed the bridge during the blue hour as I had plenty of time to reach the lake before the sun would rise

MISTY MORNING WITH A PEACHLEAF WILLOW TREE Size:24X36 GALLERY WRAP After an overnight snowfall andA misty morning covers Wildflower park with a peachleaf willow tree and elderberry bushes being illuminated by the spring sun on this May morning in Northern Illinois. (690 65)