These wildflowers are among the first to bloom in the spring in my area. Second only to a minute white wildflower around my house. These are a bit larger- generally 2 to 5 inches tall. I am happy to be able to join everyone celebrating spring with muddy knees and wildflower photography.

  
In my world,  flower gardening means weeding.There’s nothing to plant.   I let all native wildflower volunteers grow and remove most  (can you ever get them all?) invasive weeds.
 
The wildflowers have grown so much in this summer of rain the garden path has almost disappeared. Bees buzz busily at the flowers and ignore me as I push through on the [...]

Detail from a drift of wildflower snow flowing down my rock garden.

Wildflowers are a summer thing, like the local festivals in consworld. Both flourish in the summer and keep me busy photographing, printing, and showing.
This year, afternoon rains have been very good for flower and stormy sky photography, however, not so good for packing up and breaking down the booth at outdoor festivals. Am I [...]

Backlit by the setting sun, this very common wildflower blooms continuously throughout the summer in my area.

  
I woke up early this morning dreaming of photographing flowers.  It was a good day for working the flowers alongside the bees and hummingbirds. The columbines around my home are taller and have many flowers thanks to all the  rain we have had this year.