THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA blue vervain and eastern daisy

blue vervain and eastern daisy fleabane just to name a few

The freshly fallen snow and the frigid temperatures at 0F help create patterns of small lines across the lake leaving shadows behind before the sunlight begins to take over during this February morning at Wildflower Park

I began photographing the wildflowers that consisted of blue vervain

which was near Wildflower Lake

The fog was going to be around for a few more hours so photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question

THERE'S NO ICE BETTER THEN CRAB APPLE ICE LEPIDOPTERA blue vervain and eastern daisyA 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. (531 132)