BEAUTY FROM THE PRAIRIE Size:10x15 FINE ART PAPER A monarch butterfly enjoys the

A monarch butterfly enjoys the sweet nectar from the common milkweed flower

The cool morning colors of pinks and purples gave way to warmer colors of oranges as the sun broke the horizon

a couple cottonwood and a couple oak trees with many dogbane plants in the foreground at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

An eastern cottontail rabbit momentarily stops feeding as I watch to see its behavior before it moves off slowly into the undergrowth

BEAUTY FROM THE PRAIRIE Size:10x15 FINE ART PAPER A monarch butterfly enjoys theThe nodding thistle also called musk thistle is native to Europe and Asia and is considered to be a noxious weed in the USA. Even though it is considered to be invasive, they do have beautiful flowers to be admired. (576 54)