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A mother and child monkey huddle together at the Columbus Zoo.
Fred Share of Arlington Heights
Sunrise in Kapa'a Kauai on May 13th shortly after the first volcano ash discharge on the Island of Hawaii.Kristin Kohl of Libertyville
Kristin Kohl of Libertyville
Memorial Day Remembrance 2018. Warrenville VFW Post 8081 and American Legion Post 589 sponsored a week long event that included the Healing Field of Flags, The Vietnam Memorial Replica Wall, and a POW/MIA Table. The final program on Memorial Day was very heart touching and solemn. I thought a collage would be the best way to present this event. I added a "kaleidoscope" computer effect of the flags to create my own "Red White and Blue" creation.
Randy Link of Winfield
Colorful glass flowers, illuminated by the skylight, hang from an arched ceiling in the greenhouse of the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio this month.
Lynne Solway of Buffalo Grove
Raindrops in the morning on new petunias in a Vernon Hills front yard.
Ed Kabot of Vernon Hills
Beautiful flowers from Naperville Riverwalk.
Aline Thurler Rondon Moller of Naperville
A dried, sepia-colored hydrangea bloom in a Des Plaines backyard with delicate, half-inch long petals with their intricate veins.
Ken Juranek of Des Plaines
Matt Dempsey of Mount ProspectFireworks explode behind the Disney Castle at Walt Disney World in March.
During a May visit to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, I photographed this fascinating fern with it's repeating "handlebar mustache" shapes. I don't know whether the curves will stay that shape, or straighten out like the lower leaves as it grows over the summer months.
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
I took this photo of my father saluting the flag at Memorial Day service at Lakewood Memorial Park.
Andy Scherf of Elgin
This photo of a Baltimore oriole was taken by my 12-year-old grandson Brendan Little from our kitchen window on Mother's Day.
Virginia Little of Elgin
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