A PRAIRIE TREE YELLOW GOATSBEARD (TRAGOPOGON PRATENSIS) I was thinking where I

I was thinking where I would photograph the sunrise and thought that the bridge over a frozen South Fork Kishwaukee River and the peachleaf willow tree would be a good place to set up the tripod

spires and grasslands filled with wildflowers at Badlands National Park

I waited for about 20 minutes down by the creek before things started to get interesting with the sunset

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A misty morning with Ironweed flowers add much beauty to the landscape at Wildflower Park

A PRAIRIE TREE YELLOW GOATSBEARD (TRAGOPOGON PRATENSIS) I was thinking where IA box elder tree stands tall to the prairie grasses along the banks of Eakin Creek West as the sun behind peeks through the clouds at Wildflower Park. (619 204)