![park trees sunset summer sky panorama orange sun nature silhouette landscape evening glow meadow fisheye cropped thegalaxy](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/9474558772_b1bb19280e.jpg)
always wait for the right moment ...
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Holiday Season
![christmas winter holiday snow apple circle lights interestingness bokeh explore explored bokehlicious](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3085/3123967519_2c65bae930.jpg)
Unions and Intersections
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A Prelude to Spring
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Flash Frenzy
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Before it gets green
![five goldfinch schaumburg palatine yellowfinch](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3145/2737369046_0c3f2f03d8.jpg)
Five Finch Tuesday
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Shoe Factory Road Prairie, Cook County, Illinois
![illinois rail trains transportation railroads](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/15921900374_fb17833100.jpg)
Splitting the Uprights
![palatine cnw japra](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/7128941055_fd0d51d227.jpg)
Saturday JAPRA
![wood shadow sun game trail springvalleynaturesanctuary](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4009/4663463251_e68b79bae2.jpg)
Solar game
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Marsh View
![autumn trees reflection fall nature water pond quote alberteinstein thegalaxy springvalleynaturesanctuary](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5010/5237549008_fe0301c4b3.jpg)
Look deep into nature ...
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Fired Up
![christmas winter holiday snow lights interestingness notes bokeh piano explore musical explored customshape diybokeh](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3116/3117683902_35ca1c753b.jpg)
Beethoven and Bokeh
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Magic Water
![illinois rail trains transportation railroads](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/15921820654_60fe4df222.jpg)
Fresh GEVO in the Powder
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The Beach
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On Edge
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Elk eye view
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Last Summer's Rainbow
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the enchanted forest
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going away in silence
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Autumn landscapes ...
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summer memories
![park autumn trees light shadow sky sun sunlight nature grass clouds square thegalaxy](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8415299087_dde71393dc.jpg)
There is no shadow without light ... they only exist together
![park flowers sunset summer nature grass meadow fisheye thegalaxy](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3669/9112567672_d84dda78e1.jpg)
the meadow with a hint of summer
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In search of Spring ...
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A Perfect Day
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Heron Creek pond
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Life In The Muck
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It's snowing ...
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Nature spirits ...
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Golden Hour sunset - Illinois
![park flowers trees summer sky sun nature grass clouds landscape quote meadow fisheye thegalaxy](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/9442011192_ff7e3f359a.jpg)
... meadow flowers
![park sunset summer sun nature grass silhouette backlight evening dof bokeh quote meadow soul destination senses cure thegalaxy](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5458/9585957872_75a6f0db2e.jpg)
tOwArds thE dEstinAtiOn
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Frozen in time
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Fox River
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Still Frozen
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go barefoot :-)
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Red Sun