A GOLDEN CANOPY Size:13x19 GALLERY WRAP Cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) grow

Cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) grow abundantly throughout much of Wildflower Park reaching heights of over 6 feet

The early morning mist along with cottonwood trees and peachleaf willow trees are being backlit by an April sunrise giving off the feeling of a mystical and magical appearance on this prairie landscape scene at Wildflower Park

These rosinweed flowers were off in the distance some but

There are some nice vantage points to view the river and set up the tripod

The evening view is reflected off of Wildflower Lake at Wildflower Park

A GOLDEN CANOPY Size:13x19 GALLERY WRAP Cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) growA beautiful morning hiking through Starved Rock State Park as the autumn colors of maple, oak and hophornbeam trees of this deciduous forest were terrific and spectacular on this October morning. (683 3291)