TREE OF ICE IN A FROZEN WORLD Size:24X36 METAL PRINT the suns golden rays gave

the suns golden rays gave the mist and this scene a golden hue at Wildflower Park

This image of a paper birch tree was photographed a couple weeks ago during some of the snow storms we had here in Northern Illinois

I left the house around 4:30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve

I could smell the beautiful sweet fragrance of the milkweed

I quickly composed the wildflowers of the swamp milkweed and cup plants with the colors of the sunrise and began photographing

TREE OF ICE IN A FROZEN WORLD Size:24X36 METAL PRINT the suns golden rays gaveA winter scene of Icicles dangle beneath frozen crab apples after a freezing rain storm passes through the night before in Northern Illinois at Wildflower Park. (531 144)