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RichKellerPhotography

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Honorary Professor, Dilettantory Studies, Tooter U (Intertubes extension campus)... Amateur photography. Photos are my own 'cept boosts. he/him/his #EndTheStigma #gardenvicariously #ClearCreekTrail馃寛

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Location
Selectivenigh City, Ioway
Demeanor/Spirit Guide
misanthropic pollyanna/Canada goose
Country
USofA
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RichKellerPhotography @RihilismPhotography@mastodon.social

Was walking along an elevated walkway above a beautiful but swampy trail area & noticed this green vine on the edge of the platform that had managed to climb ~15 ft from the ground. Id apps suggest it is oneseed bur cucumber aka star cucumber (Sicyos angulatus). A native to Eastern NA & a new species to me.

Photograph of twisted and coiled (likely) star cucumber vine tendril that has wrapped around a gray post with out of focus green foliage in the background. The coiled tendril is in the right and is in sharp focus and the post is along the edge of the left frame and is out of focus. Closeup photograph of a (likely) star cucumber flower with out of focus flowers, green foliage, and vague grays in the background. This species has five-pointed petals radiating from a center filled with stamens and pistil creating a star shaped flower. The petals are pale green with darker green veining, and the stamen are green with pale green-yellow anthers. Photograph of a (likely) star cucumber vine with an out of focus gray post and green foliage in the background. The post is in the far-right frame and has vine tendrils wrapped around it. The vine extends from the lower left frame to the far-right frame. There are small star cucumber flowers attached to the larger vine along with large green leaves near the center frame and loosely coiled tendrils projecting from main vine in the right frame.

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RichKellerPhotography @RihilismPhotography@mastodon.social

Finally managed some longer walks this week just in time to see some Clear Creek Trail's fall golds & yellows. Over the past 4 yrs I've taken a photo at this location around the same date & time of day when the sun lights up my favorite maple (center frame).

#Fall #FallColors #photography #AltText

Photograph of a fall scene along Clear Creek trail. There is a concrete path that runs from the bottom center frame to the top of lower third of the center frame where turns to the right and disappears behind a stand of trees. The path is covered in brown and yellow fallen leaves, and it's bounded on each side by stands of trees that run the length of the trail. The tree and underbrush foliage is mostly shades of gold and yellow with patches of green here and there. The sunlight streams in from the right creating shadows and highlighting sections of the path as well as the upper tree branches causing some of the leaves to glow a bright gold. There is a large but slender maple near the center frame that is brightly lit by sunlight compared to the surroundings.

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Had some lovely zinnia varieties this year including this yellow peppermint.

#flowers #gardening #BloomScrolling #nature #photography #AltText

Photograph of a zinnia flower with out of focus green foliage in the background. The view is looking down on the center of the top of the zinnia which is in the right frame. Zinnias have large blooms that top long, stiff stems with large leaves. The flower opens from the outside is made up of overlapping layers of petals that radiate from a center filled with florets. This variety of zinnia has yellow petals covered in splotches of cardinal red with gold and pale-yellow florets. The red splotches look similar to peppermint red stripes and make the petals look candied.

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A little yellow daylily sunrise to get your morning going?

#flowers #BloomScrolling #gardening #nature #photography #AltText

Closeup photograph of a daylily surrounded by other daylilies with green and yellow buds visible in the far-right frame. The view is looking directly at the flower's face. This variety of daylily has three yellow sepals with yellow midribs under three yellow petals with yellow midribs that form a wide trumpet shape around the flower's center. The midribs are textured ridges that run down the center of each sepal and petal, and the sepals and petals are offset creating a six-pointed star. In the flower's center are six yellow stamens with brown anthers and a yellow pistil, both of which extend from the flower's interior and end just short of the largest petals.

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