Photo contest finalists
This picture was taken on a glass window during our last significant snow storm. These two snow crystals are called stellar dendrites, because of their branch like structure.
Brendan McGee of Batavia
Christmas lights are a blur of color as they light up the dull, bitter cold of the winter nights.
Christina Pawlak of Schaumburg
I took this picture of my children and their friends sledding down the hill behind Ellis Middle School. They all went at once, because they enjoyed crashing into each other at the bottom of the hill.
Diane Keys of Elgin
A snow covered tree can be seen through a foggy window on December 19th.
Bradley Grochocinski of Mount Prospect
This is a picture of a beautiful red barn in North Dakota that I took in February of this year while visiting my boyfriend at school in North Dakota. It's an absolutely beautiful part of the country, just way too cold!
Catherine Davit of Glen Ellyn
Dogs frolicking in the surf at Capitola Beach in California in 2007.
Peter Hill of Long Grove
A tiger swims underwater during a show at the Six Flags in California during a recent vacation this past summer.
Nicole Starkey of Round Lake
A large buck peeks out from behind a red twig dogwood where he is a frequent visitor to the Bartlett garden.
Sharon Swing of Bartlett
A relaxing, colorful scene during fall in Michigan.
Sue Elsea of Libertyville
"A winters day" in Warrenville Forest Preserve
Bill Arnott of Lombard
While making breakfast and watching the deer and birds in our back yard we saw this "Dove" in the sky. It looked so beautiful and peaceful that I could not resist snapping a photo.
Nancy Schmuldt of St. Charles
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