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**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · 1d

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Grassy goose or goosy grass?

#PhotoHour #birds #wildlife

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 28

Apr 28

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Violet pair catching some rays.

Closeup photograph of a pair of common blue violet flowers on green stems with out of focus flowers and green foliage in the background. Both violets are in shadow except for the top of the upper petals which are highlighted from behind by sunlight. Violets have five petals in a zygomorphic arrangement with two teardrop petals above and behind three lower petals that form a cup or trumpet around the center with stigma styles circling and obscuring the entrance to the flower's interior.

#PhotoHour #MacroHour #BloomScrolling

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 27

Apr 27

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Violets are so ubiquitous here that I often don't photograph/notice them. I need to remedy that because they are cute little plants w/ lovely flowers/foliage. Been finding marvelous little volunteer violets out back so I'm transplanting some into the more formal garden.

Closeup photograph of a white common blue violet with purple-blue veining atop a long green stem curved under its weight and surrounded by out of focus violets and green foliage. Violets have five petals in a zygomorphic arrangement with two teardrop petals above and behind three lower petals that form a cup or trumpet around the center with stigma styles circling and obscuring the entrance to the flower's interior.

#PhotoHour #MacroHour #macro

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 27

Apr 27

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

I've been posting some pics of my blooming creeping phlox. Here she is this morning. Love to let it expand more but looks like I'm gonna have to divide/transplant .

Wish I had an open field planted with nothing but creeping phlox. Wouldn't that be cool when it went off ?

Photograph of a large patch of blooming creeping phlox bordered by green plants on either side, a curb and driveway in front, and a gray faux-brick wall behind. This variety of phlox is low to and slowly "creeps" along the ground. The plant has moss-like foliage. The flowers have five, heart-shaped, pale purple petals that radiate from a narrow central cone. Each petal has two, small, purple dots where the bloom meets the central cone. Two orange anthers are visible in the center of the cone while the other reproductive organs are interior to the cone.

#PhotoHour #BloomScrolling #gardening

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 26

Apr 26

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Three yrs ago my friend gifted me my phlox patch. We cut a 2'x3' section out of his huge patch then plunked it down in my 2'x3' plot. And...

Ta-Da!

Insta-Phlox-Carpet™
("As seen on TV").

Add water & wait 3 yrs for it to double in size .

Easy-peeasy!

Extreme closeup photograph of a purple creeping phlox flower. This variety of phlox is low to the ground and slowly "creeps" along the ground. The plant has moss-like foliage. The flowers have five, heart-shaped, pale purple petals that radiate from a narrow central cone. Each petal has two, small, purple dots where the bloom meets the central cone. Two orange anthers are visible in the center of the cone while the other reproductive organs are interior to the cone.

Photograph of a mass bloom of blooming creeping phlox. This variety of phlox is low to the ground and slowly "creeps" along the ground. The plant has moss-like foliage. The flowers have five, heart-shaped, pale purple petals that radiate from a narrow central cone. Each petal has two, small, purple dots where the bloom meets the central cone. Two orange anthers are visible in the center of the cone while the other reproductive organs are interior to the cone.

#PhotoHour #BloomScrolling #gardening

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 25

Apr 25

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! THE PHLOX-MONSTER HAS BREACHED THE SHIELD WALL!!!!"

Photograph of a mass of blooming creeping phlox over-topping and flowing down the side of a driveway curb. This variety of phlox is low to the ground and slowly "creeps" along the ground. The plant has moss-like foliage. The flowers have five, heart-shaped, pale purple petals that radiate from a narrow central cone. Each petal has two, small, purple dots where the bloom meets the central cone. Two orange anthers are visible in the center of the cone while the other reproductive organs are interior to the cone.

#PhotoHour #BloomScrolling #flowers

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 25

Apr 25

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

My creeping phlox has 'sploded!

Whether creeping or tall woodland, phlox puts on a wonderful show.

Can't really argue with a billowing carpet of flowers, no?

Photograph of a purple creeping phlox flower. This variety of phlox is low to the ground and slowly "creeps" along the ground. The plant has moss-like foliage. The flowers have five, heart-shaped, pale purple petals that radiate from a narrow central cone. Each petal has two, small, purple dots where the bloom meets the central cone. Two orange anthers are visible in the center of the cone while the other reproductive organs are interior to the cone.

#PhotoHour #MacroHour #BloomScrolling

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 24

Apr 24

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

"What's up, buttercup?"

This is the 1st yr my native buttercup bloomed . Pretty sure this is swamp buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus).

Been fascinated by those slick petals since I 1st came across it on the trail so added to the garden 2 yrs ago.

Extreme closeup photo of a buttercup (likely Ranunculus hispidus) bloom with out of focus greens and browns in the background. This species has five, yellow, lobed petals that radiate from the center which consists of rows of yellow stamens with yellow anthers encircling a cluster of lime-green pistils. The petal surface is very slick and highly reflective giving it sort of a wet appearance.

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**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 22

Apr 22

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Last fall I began collecting seeds from our restored prairie along the local trails/parks. A favorites natives is prairie coneflower (likely Ratibida pinnata, likely seed pods). I've seeded some out back. Got some nice clusters but you'll have to wait to see the flowers

Photograph of a group of (likely) prairie coneflower seed heads attached to thin, stiff, long, and vertical stems with out of focus stems and indistinct greenish grays in the background. The heads are normally oblong cones but the seeds on the upper half of the seed heads have fallen away leaving a pointed, conical central support structure that houses all the seeds. Both the stems, seed head, and pointed cones are dark black-browns.

#PhotoHour #BloomScrolling #Photography

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 22

Apr 22

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

Photograph of a male red-winged blackbird standing on the ground directly in front of the photographer. The bird is facing forward with its head turned to to the right leaving one eye visible. The photo angle is downward so the top of the blackbird's head and shoulders are visible while the rest of its body is foreshortened. Male red-winged blackbirds have black body feathers with a large red patch and a pale yellow patch below it on each shoulder, dark eyes, silvery-black beaks, and brown legs and feet.

#PhotoHour #birds #birding

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 21

Apr 21

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

...There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow.
Just a little green.
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform...

Extreme closeup photograph of a crocus flower sprouting amid last year's brown fallen leaves. This crocus variety has white and purple, teardrop-shaped, overlapping petals. The petals are curved, conical in shape similar to a tulip but with a soft pointed end and have yellow-orange stamens and a yellow-orange pistil. Crocuses have grass-like foliage, and some varieties have a thin white stripe down the center of each blade.

#PhotoHour #JoniMitchell #BloomScrolling

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 20

Apr 20

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

My daffodils are fading. This variety keeps its cup but the petals fade from to pale to . It's a 3-fer .

Love daffodils in black/white b/c all the yellows look which draws attention to that marvelous 3-D shape/texture.

Black and white photograph of a daffodil flower with a black background. This variety of daffodil has six yellow, kite-shaped petals that radiate from a central corona or trumpet which is essentially a cup structure with a frilly ridge at the opening. Since the petals are behind the corona, when viewing the bloom head on it looks like six triangles surrounding a frilly cup. The cup interior contains stamens and a pistil.

#PhotoHour #BloomScrolling #gardening

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 19

Apr 19

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Violet pals having a a bit of a row.

#PhotoHour #BloomScrolling #flowers

**RKeller Photography** @Rihilism@toot.community · Apr 19

Apr 19

RKeller Photography @Rihilism@toot.community

Spent the last 2 wks clearing/planting/seeding the property periphery. I've a big patch of volunteer native common violets that border one section. Aren't they lovely?

Gonna try adding some violets to the garden proper this spring. Likely try some baskets too .