Archive for June 2017

Not Waiting For The Monsoon   1 comment

Waiting for the Monsoon blogImage by kenne

Each day we move on

because life doesn’t wait.

— kenne

 

 

House Wren — An Artistic Technique   Leave a comment

House Wren-0294 art blogHouse Wren — Grunge Art by kenne

“. . . an artistic technique is discipline in spontaneity and spontaneity in discipline.”

— Alan W. Watts

 

Coatimundi In A Willow Acacia Tree — Photo Essay   13 comments

It is common for some Tanuri Ridge residents to walk their dogs on the Circle. This practice was taking place late yesterday afternoon when an animal jumped out of a small tree running to a larger nearby tree.

I just happen to be taking out the trash pickup bin when I was called over to help identify this frightening animal. At first, it was difficult to see the animal among all the many branches of the giant willow acacia tree, but when I spotted the long tail, I knew it was a coatimundi. Coatimundis are occasionally seen in Sabino Canyon and the Santa Catalina Mountains, but rarely in neighborhoods. Note: A good part of the Catalinas and the foothills has not had any rain for four months and we have experienced the hottest June on record so this guy could be here in search of water.

I quickly ran back in the house to get my camera. The late day angle of the sun made getting good photos difficult, however having this beautiful animal up a tree meant he would not be leaving anytime soon.

— kenne

Coatimundi In A Willow Acacia Tree — Photo Essay by kenne
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Wine Grapes   2 comments

Vineyard-2803 II blogWine Grapes — Image by kenne

The more we are connected,
the more we are isolated.
If life is not paradoxical, 
it’s not true!

— kenne

Cooling Off In Tucson   1 comment

Cooling Off In Tucson — Images by kenne

Sure it’s hot in the desert
we just learn to adapt.

— kenne

 

The Flowers Of Balboa Park — Photo Essay   Leave a comment

The Flowers Of Balboa Park — Images by kenne
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Julian Cafe & Bakery Computer Painting   Leave a comment

Julian Cafe-2808 poster_art blogJulian Cafe & Bakery, Julian, California — Computer Painting by kenne

Twisting mountain roads
through the Cuyamaca Mountains
In time for breakfast.

— kenne

 

In The Moment   Leave a comment

Columbine-1941 Art blogYellow Columbine — Grunge Art by kenne

“The only way we can be free in each moment
is to become what each moment is.”

— Steve Hagen

 

Garden Artist — Free In The Moment   Leave a comment

Artist-1952_art blog sharpComputer Painting by kenne

She  labors in each moment
carefully connecting 
lines and colors
to create 
what
inspires the artist
becoming free in the moment.

— kenne

A Single Rose   Leave a comment

Rose-1955 art blogA Single Rose — Image by kenne

A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.

— Leo Buscaglia

Big Bubbles — Photo Essay   2 comments

Big Bubbles (Balboa Park, San Diego, June 21, 2017) — Images by kenne
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Chasing big bubbles

You can look but not touch

Art and pretty girls.

— kenne

Arizona Fleabane Wildflowers   Leave a comment

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Arizona fleabane-1292 blogArizona Fleabane — Images by kenne

 

Old Town San Diego   Leave a comment

Old Town San Diego (June 20, 2017)– Images by kenne
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Our recent trip to San Diego involved going to some of the old “tried and true” places, one was Old Town San Diego., the birthplace of California.

— kenne

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Lupine Wildflower On Mt. Lemmon   Leave a comment

Lupine-1913 II blogLupine Wildflower on Mt. Lemmon (June 9, 2017) — Image by kenne

 

Sunrise In Lake Charles — Down On The Bayou   1 comment

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Lake Charles Sunrise-2716 blogSunrise In Lake Charles (May 22, 2017) — Images by kenne

Down On the Bayou

The cypress swamp around me wraps its spell,
With hushing sounds in moss-hung branches there,
Like congregations rustling down to prayer,
While Solitude, like some unsounded bell,
Hangs full of secrets that it cannot tell,
And leafy litanies on the humid air
Intone themselves, and on the tree-trunks bare
The scarlet lichen writes her rubrics well.
The cypress-knees take on them marvelous shapes
Of pygmy nuns, gnomes, goblins, witches, fays,
The vigorous vine the withered gum-tree drapes,
Across the oozy ground the rabbit plays,
The moccasin to jungle depths escapes,
And through the gloom the wild deer shyly gaze.

— Mary Ashley Townsend