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• A Few of Kenne’s Photos (Click on any image to see in slideshow)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Cactus Wren

  

  

  

  

  Doves, Lightening, Hiking

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Kate and Jaxon

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Audrey, Joy, Hannah and Kenne

  

  

  

  

  

  

  All Souls Procession

  

  

  Queen Butterfly

  

  

  Mountain Spiny Lizard

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Ed On Marshell Gulch Trail

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Southern California September 2012

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Sycamore Reservoir

  

  Queen Butterfly

  

  

  

  

  La Milagrosa Loop Hikers

  

  Chase & Grandma Joy

  

  

  

  

  

  Virginia & Jim At The Hunter Trail Saddle

  

  

  

  Domingo DeGrazia’s Spanish-guitar band

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Queen Butterfly

  

  

  SCVN Weds Walk 08-01-12

  

  Turkey Vulture at Tanque Verde Wash

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Carpenter bee on sneezeweed

  

  

  

  Friday with Friends & Molino Basin to Prison Camp

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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