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Jan 21st was National Squirrel AppreciationDay. My husband Charlie made the snow squirrel.I write stories from the squirrels viewpoint andsend them to friends and family with the photos. The Camera I use is the Nikon Coolpix S9400series.
Patty Summers Wetter of Villa Park
I took this photo of a Morton Arboretum trail on Sunday, January 10, an hour before sunset. The temperature was seven degrees and the trees were highlighted with snow and beads of ice. My wife Gloria and I were visiting the Arboretum to enjoy the winter scenery. I took several photos in other spots which just didn't catch the light right. I thought maybe it simply wasn't a day for photography, but then we came around the next corner and saw this trail. It was my last shot of the day and the camera caught the light.
Tom Colgan of Glen Ellyn
I took this picture last fall in central Wisconsin while riding in an Amish buggy. The rural roads have a whole different appearance from a buggy as opposed to the same view from a car. This method might be slower, but much more fun.
Milton Hoskins of Hampshire
I took this on a cold sunny day right after the snow. The cardinal against the bark of tree made a bright contrast. Love my backyard!
Pat Korlesky of Carpentersville
I took this photo in Wheaton's Cantigny Park, as a single blade of grass withstands one of this past fall's windy days. Even plants can have "bad hair days"!
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
The sunrise shines on the platform at the Mount Prospect train station on Wednesday, January 15.
Nestor Vega of Arlington Heights
A beam of light shines through a colorful stained glass church window highlighting a vase of flowers in the Pullman neighborhood in Chicago last October.
Ken Simpson of Arlington Heights
Two 19-month-old identical twins try on their gramma's shoes and walk around the house.
Dan Mateja of Mount Prospect
A tiki lamp's flame rises in front of the moon off a Lake Zurich backyard deck on September 10, 2011.
Ted Kenar of Lake Zurich
Mike Hysmith dons a mohawk as he plays guitar at Mundelein Days on July Fourth, 2015 with Jamie Campbell and the Redneck Romeos.
Eric Miller of Mundelein
A red-bellied woodpecker eats while sitting on a suet in an Island Lake backyard earlier this month.
Joan Farrell of Island Lake
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