Something to look forward to

I decided to start the year off with a beautiful photo I took this past July. Let it be a reminder that even though our winter days may be quite colorless and often dreary and cold, wildflowers will begin to bloom again in about 100 days.

The wildflowers pictured here include a purple coneflower, a black-eyed Susan, and what I think may be a flower called common rose pink.

These flowers were growing wild at the edge of a hayfield. I achieved the reflective background with a piece of shiny, flexible aluminum.

I wish everyone a healthy, happy and prosperous new year. Please consider going on a nature hike with friends this winter if you can.

AARON HORRELL is owner of Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau. He is a Bollinger County native.