HIKING THROUGH AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE FROZEN WATERFALL It prefers partial sun-shaded areas

It prefers partial sun-shaded areas and moist terrain

Trees of cottonwood and peachleaf willow stand tall at Wildflower Prairie as the clouds above move slowly across the morning sky

I wanted to focus solely on this rosinweed flower being illuminated by the early morning sunlight so

I decided to follow the smaller downey's for awhile

A beautifully colored male northern cardinal rests upon an oak tree branch at Wildflower Park

HIKING THROUGH AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE FROZEN WATERFALL It prefers partial sun-shaded areasA 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 3322)