ICY LANDSCAPE FROM THE PARK WILDFLOWER LAKE I later seen it swimming

I later seen it swimming the South Fork Kishwaukee River near Wildflower Lake

A winter afternoon snowfall covers this cattail and surrounding wetland prairie scene on this cold February day at Wildflower Park

this male wasn't moving to quickly as I take a series of photographs of him moving slowly towards the outer branches of the tree at Wildflower Park

A thick heavy fog surrounds Wildflower Lake with the sun beginning to shine through the clouds as I make my way through the park

ICY LANDSCAPE FROM THE PARK WILDFLOWER LAKE I later seen it swimmingA freezing rain storm passed through the night before, leaving behind a landscape engulfed in an icy winter wonderland scene along the South Fork Kishwaukee River. Trees of oak, cottonwood, box elder and peachleaf willow are frozen in almost an inch of ice with the river moving quickly along avoiding most of the freezing except along the banks at Wildflower Park. (535 64)