UP UP AND AWAY JUNE Morning mist hovers over this

Morning mist hovers over this summer landscape as the sunlight finally breaks through the cloud cover illuminating this scene of grasses and box elder trees during sunrise at Wildflower Park

I decided to go off trail to capture the sunlight as it penetrated through to the forest floor and illuminate the autumn colors of maple

This had been a beautiful summer sunrise landscape scene to photograph on this July morning at Wildflower Park

After photographing the wildflowers for a couple hours

UP UP AND AWAY JUNE Morning mist hovers over thisA hot air balloon rises above the prairie on this beautiful summer morning in Northern Illinois. (454 94)