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Pathway to the Rain Garden - Cathy Streett

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Pathway to the Rain Garden - Cathy Streett

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This native garden soaks up the sump discharge and rain water from our home. It is filled with cup plant, chelone, rudbeckia, button bush, ironweed, Joe Pye weed, and many others. It is wonderful to peer out and see the snow in the seed heads and stems all winter, waiting for it's time to flourish.

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Love the coneflower seed heads with a muffle of snow atop.

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Photo taken at Lake Leota in Michigan. Submitted by Kayla Chase

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Sparkles on the corner pollinator garden - Cathy Streett

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Sparkles on the corner pollinator garden - Cathy Streett

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The sunlight caught the snow just right this afternoon.  This corner garden soaks up all the rain runoff from the neighbor's home all summer and stands tall all winter at the sidewalk's edge.  The towering prairie dock is the anchor of this garden, but aster, helianthus, wild senna, butterfly weed, baptisia, and the sign educate those that pass by.  One summer day I caught a young neighbor with her mom taking photos against the backdrop when the helianthus were blooming.  She loved it, and so do I!

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I took this photo of Joe Pye Weed in my front yard. I found the winter structure of the plant's flower stems fascinating, and reminiscent of snowflakes.

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A slightly different viewpoint. I took this photo of Joe Pye Weed in my front yard. I found the winter structure of the plant's flower stems fascinating, and reminiscent of snowflakes.

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Our native ecosystems -- plants and wildilfe-- are in a precarious place in our modern world. They are delicate, but also resilient. I love this tiny bouquet of dried little bluestem and calico asters. I gathered them in March 2021, after a long, harsh winter. They are still beautiful and interesting. My fingers symbolize humans' hands in caring for nature.

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January winter afternoon by Alison McKinzie

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January winter afternoon by Alison McKinzie

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Deer Grove Forest Preserve Cook County by Alison McKinzie

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Deer Grove Forest Preserve Cook County by Alison McKinzie

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at Deer Grove Forest Preserve Cook County by Alison McKinzie

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I took this photo of wild blue indigo seed pods in my backyard in Oak Park. To me, these empty pod shells -- the seeds either eaten or blown away by the wind into the soil -- represent the continuation of life, beauty and new possibilities: new seedlings and new wildlife habitat come spring.

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Photo taken at Lake Leota in Michigan. Submitted by Kayla Chase

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A light dusting of snow on some Roundhead Bushclover 

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A light dusting of snow on some Roundhead Bushclover 

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Photo taken at Lake Leota in Michigan. Submitted by Kayla Chase