IN BLOOM ALONG THE RIVER CREPUSCULAR RAYS Ribbon falls cascades over slabs

Ribbon falls cascades over slabs of granite just below black lake as glacier creek thunders its way down the mountains making its way through glacier gorge in Rocky Mountain National Park

composed the trail

I have been seeing more and more of them and with the abundance of wildflowers including the common and swamp milkweed that they feed on

penstemon and purple coneflower can be seen along the path at Wildflower Park in Northern Illinois

To say it was beautiful

IN BLOOM ALONG THE RIVER CREPUSCULAR RAYS Ribbon falls cascades over slabsA few swamp milkweed plants are in bloom along the South Fork Kishwaukee River on this late July morning in Wildflower Park. (672 2527)