A GOLDEN MORNING IN THE PARK SNOW SHOEING Oak trees of ice are

Oak trees of ice are glistening in the late afternoon sunlight after a storm of snow and freezing rain passed through the night before at Wildflower Park

I made my way around the north end of the lake and stayed to photograph the two moose for another forty five minutes with Longs peak in the background

leaving behind beautiful lighting for a majestic sunset at Wildflower Lake

Blue vervain grow abundantly throughout Wildflower Park with picturesque clouds overhead and oak trees off in the distance

A GOLDEN MORNING IN THE PARK SNOW SHOEING Oak trees of ice areA 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 3302)