SWAMP MILKWEED FLOWER Size:16x24 GALLERY WRAP like this hawthorn and honey

like this hawthorn and honey locust trees along with the landscape in black and white which adds a little more mystery and mood to the images

it looked like it was now going to downpour and I headed back to the trailhead

With the abundance of wildflowers that include common milkweed and swamp milkweed that are host plants to the monarch caterpillars

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

SWAMP MILKWEED FLOWER Size:16x24 GALLERY WRAP like this hawthorn and honeyA beautiful umbel from the swamp milkweed is made up of many tiny florets and if you zoom in on them, you might just notice the monkey heads, Wildflower Park. (460 43)