MORNING COLORS FROM THE CLOUDS ABOVE SUSTAINABILITY off I went leaving the

off I went leaving the house by 4:30 a

monarch butterflies are a common site from may through September at Wildflower Park

purples and orange

false sunflowers and these black-eyed susans that were in perfect condition with the morning dew clinging to the petals and being beautifully illuminated by the morning sunlight at Wildflower Park

The wildflowers this year were beautiful

MORNING COLORS FROM THE CLOUDS ABOVE SUSTAINABILITY off I went leaving theThis morning I decided to head out and photograph the storm clouds in the park that were coming through the area. You can usually get some pretty dramatic looking cloud patterns from the thunderstorms and that was my hope this morning. With my camera gear and tripod in hand, I reached the trailhead before 5: 00 am. The morning light was filtering through the bluish purple grayish storm clouds and some lightning was coming through, once about every 30