Winning images of our weekly contest
I was searching for flowers to photograph and came across 2 swans with their 5 signets having their dinner. It was fun watching them interact with their parents.
Emil Schiavo of Itasca
A funny little green spaceship sits at the side of the building next to an ice cream shop on old Route 66 in Livingston, Illinois.
Jeanne Garrett of Arlington Heights
A Beaver at Wooddale Grove Lake. There is a set of green eyeballs in the lower right which really caught my eye.These were taken at Wooddale Grove Lake. It seemed to me that beavers aren't something we see much of around here but maybe this proves me wrong.
Jeff Majerowicz of Bensenville
Golden Gate Bridge in mid May, taken with a Nikon DSLR. Gorgeous weather, except for high winds!
Maggie Newlin of Naperville
A Hawaiian monk seal lays on a beach in Kauai on May 21st. The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world, and the rarest seal or sea lion in U.S. waters.
Kristin Kohl of Libertyville
A resident blue heron known as Henry stands on the shore in Prairie Crossing in Grayslake in June 2017. He has been a neighborhood mainstay for years.
Kelley Dorner of Grayslake
A Colorado Springs sunrise cast an orange glow on Pikes Peak as the moon sets in the background on May 30.
Jude R. Saucedo of Libertyville
Morning drizzle on a day lily in a Des Plaines garden.
Ken Juranek of Des Plaines
On a beautiful spring day, a high wheel bicyclist entertains visitors to San Diego's popular Balboa Park. In the background is the park's Botanical Building and lily pond. My wife and I visited San Diego for the first time this past April, and had a wonderful time!
Mike Weimer of St. Charles
I saw these wild iris while fishing on the Mississippi River near Cassville, Wisconsin last week. The fishing was awful, but the scenery was beautiful.
Robert M. Sharp of Gilberts
The beautiful Clematis vines are exploding with flowers in our garden. Even deep inside, the flower peeks out with a few of hundreds of companion buds waiting to bloom.
Arlene Victoria Eckert of Pingree Grove
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