WILDCAT CANYON CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY (PIERIS RAPAE) A mother white-tailed deer and

A mother white-tailed deer and her two fawns use the South Fork Kishwaukee River as a corridor on this misty September morning at Wildflower Park

The early morning sunlight was falling perfectly on this swamp milkweed plant illuminating the umbels with the right amount of soft light

I could smell the beautiful sweet fragrance of the common milkweed

I wanted to focus solely on this rosinweed flower being illuminated by the early morning sunlight so

WILDCAT CANYON CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY (PIERIS RAPAE) A mother white-tailed deer andA beautiful morning hiking through Starved Rock State Park as the autumn colors of, oak, maple and hophornbeam trees of this deciduous forest at wildcat canyon overlook were terrific and spectacular on this October morning. (683 3354)