BOUQUETS FROM THE PRAIRIE Size:5x7 FINE ART PAPER Excited that this was the

Excited that this was the shot I was looking for

At this time

photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question

The sun began to peek through the clouds with some color showing behind the box elder trees that line Eakin Creek West while noticing this beautiful looking cup plant (silphium perfoliatum) along the trail

Cup plants (silphium perfoliatum) grow abundantly throughout much of Wildflower Park reaching heights of over 6 feet

BOUQUETS FROM THE PRAIRIE Size:5x7 FINE ART PAPER Excited that this was theThe forecast was to be another sunny beautiful day so, I left the house around 4: 30 am and headed to the Burnidge Forest Preserve. The previous days I scouted out a few areas to photograph the wildflowers and the Burnidge Forest Preserve had plenty to photograph so, I made that my priority today. I knew where in the preserve I wanted to go to photograph the wildflowers because, there were an abundance of them. It wasn't long before I reached the area