Thanks to Dennis Thezan of Broadview for passing along these spectacular shots taken along the scenic walk through Cantigny in Wheaton.
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Photos by Dennis Thezan
Thanks to Dennis Thezan of Broadview for passing along these spectacular shots taken along the scenic walk through Cantigny in Wheaton.
![IMG_2056_2[1] [640x480].jpg](http://weblogs.wgntv.com/chicago-weather/tom-skilling-blog/IMG_2056_2%5B1%5D%20%5B640x480%5D.jpg)
Photos by Dennis Thezan
The raspberries are ripe for picking in Central Illinois. Thanks to Diana D'Asaro who sent along these pictures of an crop for late fall. Diane reports that the raspberries are usually gone by the 4th of July and this late harvest may be the " fruits" of a year where summer really never arrived.
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Photos by Diana D'Asaro
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John DeVaney was kind enough to share these great shots showing fall in all its glorious colors. The shots were taken near Chesterton, in northwest Indiana.
Thanks to Jeannine Evans for sharing this beautiful photo with us taken Sunday afternoon, one of the nicer periods in what has been a dismal, dreary October.
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The season's first snowflakes fell in North Liberty, Iowa Saturday morning. Thanks to Kathy, Aaron, Asher and Wrigley Kahn for sharing these photos.
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Photos by Aaron Kahn
