Sheep Skipper Butterfly — Photo-Artistry
Just a little something along the trail.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
— kenne
Sheep Skipper Butterfly Leave a comment
Sandhill Cranes at Whitewater Draw Leave a comment
Sandhill Cranes at Whitewater Draw — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Sandhill Cranes wintering in southeast Arizona and northern Sonora many have migrated from their nesting area in Siberia.
Whitewater Draw is an Arizona Game and Fish Wildlife Area is of state and regional significance as the primary wintering area for Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) in Arizona and includes both the Lesser (most numerous) and Greater subspecies. Located in the southern Sulphur Springs Valley, cranes are coming from both the Rocky Mountain population and Mid-Continental population. The area also supports wintering Snow Geese (80-200) and a few Ross?s Geese (occasional to 40). Counts of Sandhill Cranes in early January have steadily climbed from 4,000 in 1991 to over 22,000 in 2008 at Whitewater Draw, with another 13,000 present 36 miles north in the Willcox Playa area, and another 600 present in the far north of Sulphur Springs Valley at Bonita, AZ, and 400 present in the Safford Valley near Duncan. The Greater subspecies breeds in the northern states of the continental U.S., and the Lesser subspecies, breeds from Alaska and eastern Siberia. (Source: Audubon.org)
Every year the town of Wilcox hosts Wings Over Wilcox — Birding and Nature Festival (January 17-20, 2019). Birds have been arriving for weeks now — the birds have their own schedule.
— kenne
Study Bookshelf — “I cannot live without books.” 2 comments
Study Bookshelf — “I cannot live with books.” Photo-Artistry by kenne
Son of a reader
I grew up a non-reader
Just a “slow bloomer.”
A high achiever
Branded as low potential
In school early on.
As a survivor
Libraries became my home
Learning about self.
— kenne
Catalina Front Range Leave a comment
Catalina Front Range (View from our patio)– Image by kenne
Lov’in it!
opposites are one, especially at Christmas Leave a comment
Nine years out. One of my favorite paintings. — kenne
“The Hunters In the Snow,” oil painting on wood by Pieter Bruegel
This work of Pieter Bruegel is a favorite of many people, but most know of his paintings only because of this painting, “Hunters in the Snow,” a scene appearing on many Christmas cards. His paintings are beautiful because of his compositions make one of the opposites, based on Eli Siegel’s principle of aesthetic realism: “All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making of one of the opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.”
opposites are one
composing yesteryear’s coldness
stretching through time
standing still in the moment
searching the unrestricted
working with opposites
reassuring in sameness
emphasizing divergence
promising order
pleasing to self
— kenne
My Christmas Cactus — Entering Stage Right On Cue Leave a comment
Yesterday I was going to take photos of the new blossoms on our Christmas Cactus but decided to reblog this posting from five years ago. Once again it is blooming right on cue. I’ve lost count of the number of years we have had this plant. — kenne
My Christmas Cactus — Image by kenne
my Christmas cactus
understands the show
entering stage right
on cue
— kenne
Don’t Fence Me In 2 comments
Don’t Fence Me In — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Questionable deals
A cattle trucking corral
Ranchers bow to greed.
— kenne
