Assorted Local Beauty

Hoar frost during an early morning winter hike in Grant Woods, Lake County (2/21)

From the same hike – love hiking in the winter

Laptham Peak, Kettle Morraine State Park in Wisconsin – butterfly garden (9/19)

Attracts the bees, as well

Captured this great blue heron at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Lake County (5/22)

Late summer is a wonderful time for local forest preserves – Nippersink Forest Preserve (8/22)

Some purple coneflowers make the prairie pop – Nippersink Forest Preserve

Stormy skies provide some nice contrast. Yes, we got out before the storm!

This cedar waxwing posed nicely – Nippersink Forest Preserve

Kayaked the Manitou Creek from Long Lake to view this eagle’s nest (8/22)

Had two young eaglets

One was ready to spread its wings while its nestmate just watched.

Enjoyed the egrets as well as the eagles on the creek

Beautiful flight down the Manitou Creek