WATCHING THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE PARK CLOSE UP I looked for some flowers

I looked for some flowers that were in perfect condition to photograph

a moment of peace

just long enough for me to get my camera ready which it then took to flight

An awe inspiring autumn sunset appears after a storm during October in Northern Illinois

I gazed out over the landscape and this scene of wildflowers made up of blue vervain

WATCHING THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE PARK CLOSE UP I looked for some flowersA viceroy butterfly has a brief moment basking in the sunlight on a swamp milkweed plant before taking off and defending its domain against the larger monarch butterflies in this prairie scene at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois. (666 2101 1)