The beginning of the trail doesn't look like much, but soon it opens up into meadow with a beautiful display of prairie wildflowers.
I showed this picture to Pam, but now I can't remember what she said this cute little flower is called.
But I think it's pretty safe to say these are Black-eyed Susans.
The springs were pretty interesting.
More pretty flowers - Pam?
Ron said this tree looked like it should be next to a haunted house.
And yet another butterfly posed for me. I discovered it's a Giant Swallowtail. At about four inches across, it deserves the name.
The flowers are beautiful but I have no idea what they are. Look at that tree - definitely a Halloween one.
ReplyDeleteThe first flower reminds me of a lady's slipper...but I dunno! Pretty stuff!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers ... but I have no idea either.
ReplyDeleteCan you believe I'm this far behind in blog reading again?? The little orange one is Jewelweed, the purple one is Hoary Vervain. Both I had to look up earlier when they first bloomed this year and are so adorable! By the way, you were right the first time, I do live in Wisconsin by a mile, not Illinois. We've lived within 2 miles of the border in 3 different houses over the last 20 years, always on the WI side because real estate is so much cheaper.
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