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My husband and I visited the Chicago Botanic Garden on the Friday before Mother's Day. He noticed something moving in a flower bed of pansies and I was able catch this shot of a chipmunk sitting up after he had found something to eat on the ground.
Julie Moore of Wheaton
This was taken in our garden. It is a photo of a Bearded Iris that still have a few to bloom. It was taken with a 18-55mm lens on a Canon Rebel EOS T3.
Dave Hoffrage of Lombard
Recently the blue-eyed pony who lives near us on the east side of Elgin found himself in a new corral closer to our neighborhood. As you can see he has a lot of personality and he really enjoyed seeing visitors like us come to see him.
Mary Lou Roder of Elgin
This photo was taken at my home in Cherry Valley, Illinois. There is a next very low in a tree behind our house every year. I snapped this quick photo of the next two weeks ago.
Karen Anderson of Cherry Valley
This cloudy day did not dampen the vivid greens of the landscape at Snowdonia National Park in Wales.
Michelle Dreyer of Cary
A Canada goose at Crabtree Nature Center raises its head with a spray of water on March 20.
William A. Rosewell of Palatine
A female cardinal stares down from the branches of a tree on June 15, 2014.
Beverly Buchinger of Hoffman Estates
Two-year-old Carter Burt pumps water at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle on June 3, 2016 in a section called the Children's Garden.
Doug Fulford of Inverness
A view from the back of a camel during a trip to a camp in Erg Chebbi, part of the Saharan Desert, in Morocco in October 2015.
Mark Baron of Gurnee
A Cub Scout waves a flag as he stands straight and respectful during Mundelein's Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance.
Aurelia M. Spicuzza of Mundelein
The Buckingham Fountain in Chicago is flowing as lights from the city glow on Memorial Day, May 29th, including the message "Honor the Fallen."
Mark Peschke of Gurnee
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