CLOUDS OF COLOR HAWTHORN TREE (CRATAEGUS) It was very cool listening

It was very cool listening to them communicate with each other

It opens up with a few box elder trees along the bank in which I can isolate to photograph them and their reflection on the creek

box elder and peachleaf willow are frozen in almost an inch of ice with the river moving quickly along avoiding most of the freezing except along the banks at Wildflower Park

the colors of the sky begin to shift from the cool tones of pinks

this time its gathering in the sunshine

CLOUDS OF COLOR HAWTHORN TREE (CRATAEGUS) It was very cool listeningThe early morning sunlight lights up these clouds with color and beauty in Northern Illinois.(582 193)