Hearts in nature
A leaf in the snow in Glenview.
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A leaf stuck on a piece of plywood near a construction Dumpster in Des Plaines.
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A shadow of a leaf and a hand on plywood behind a closed hotel on Milwaukee Avenue north of downtown Libertyville at sunset.
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A small heart shaped rock on a planter in Glenview.
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Hearts can be found in nature almost anywhere you happen to look.
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A tree leaf on chrysanthemum flowers.
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Ice that has melted and refrozen several time forms a heart on a gutter behind a business in Des Plaines.
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Heart shaped holes made by bugs are common and easy to find. Just look at a plant that has been heavily eaten by bugs and you will find a heart shape.
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Heart shaped holes made by bugs are common and easy to find.
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A heart is visible in the dark clouds that rolled over Antioch's Taste of Summer Festival.
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Seeds on a tree in Libertyville at sunset.
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A winter berry fell off a tree into the icy snow and formed a heart.
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Fruit growing on a Turkish brown fig tree is ripe for the picking in Glenview.
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A leaf that looks like a heart of gold is stuck on a twig in the wind at Elgin Community College.
A heart shaped cloud floats over the Lindenfest Parade.
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A heart shaped tree stump near Beck Lake in Des Plaines.
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A wild ground growth leaf.
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Condensation builds up inside a small, blue glass garden ball on a hot rainy June afternoon.
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A shadow of a bug eaten leaf on another leaf along Route 176 near Savanna Forest Preserve in Lake County.
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A tree leaf on a widow with condensation.
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Flowers through a heart shaped hole in leaf in Cook County.
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A geranium leaf still looks healthy and ghostly white in October.
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