FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) I couldn't pass up the

I couldn't pass up the shot so

A common prairie plant

A single floret has bloomed from the swamp milkweed plant as the rest of the florets are just about to blossom on this summer morning at Wildflower park

Walking the path just past the wildflowers I photographed

I came upon the oak savanna with mature oak trees

FULL OF BEAUTY ON THE PRAIRIE COMMON MILKWEED (ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA) I couldn't pass up 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