AN OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AND FREEZING RAIN TAKE HOLD OF THIS PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE SHADOWS An american robin poses for

An american robin poses for the camera while standing on a oak tree log on this cool winter afternoon at Wildflower Park

ice engulfs the landscape including these elderberry bushes and peachleaf willow tree

Moving through the scene of trees are a couple of oak

Western redcedar and sitka spruce give way to the coast redwoods in the South Coast landscape

As I left the house before sunrise

AN OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AND FREEZING RAIN TAKE HOLD OF THIS PRAIRIE LANDSCAPE SHADOWS An american robin poses forAfter an overnight snowfall and freezing rain grip this prairie landscape scene, the South Fork Kishwaukee River begins to freeze from the edges inward. Box elder trees along the river, an oak, other trees and bushes in the area are engulfed in crystals from the freezing rain at Wildflower Park. (536 40)