Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park — Image by kenne
The past cannot remember the past. The future can’t generate the future. The cutting edge of this instant right here and now is always nothing less than the totality of everything there is.
— from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Old Pueblo Women’s Club members toured the HF Coors Dinnerware in Tucson. — Images and Video by kenne
HF Coors – Dinnerware Made in the USA 100% is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business as well as a HUBzone certified dinnerware manufacturer located in Tucson, Arizona. HF Coors was founded in California in 1925 by Herman Frederick Coors, son of the renowned Coors brewery founder Adolph Coors.
In 1887, Adolph Coors opened the Colorado Glass Works to manufacture beer bottles for his brewery, the Adolph Coors Brewing Company. In 1910, the glass works were leased to German-born John Herold, who incorporated the Herold China and Pottery Company on the brewery site in Golden, CO. The company used clay from nearby mines to make dinnerware and heat-resistant porcelain ovenware under the trademark Herold Fireproof China. Adolph Coors Company acquired Herold China in 1914.
The company began producing chemical porcelain in 1915, following a World War I embargo on German imports. Adolph Coors’ second son, Herman F. Coors, was named manager in 1916.
Herold China was renamed Coors Porcelain Company in 1920, and the trademark “Coors U.S.A.” was first used. After World War I, Coors Porcelain made fine china and cookware.
During Prohibition, the ceramic business kept the brewery afloat. Herman left in 1925 to start the H.F. Coors China Company, a manufacturer of dishes for restaurants and institutional use, in Inglewood, CA.
HF Coors’ assets were acquired by Catalina China, Inc. of Tucson, and moved from California to Tucson in 2003. Today, they continue to manufacture dinnerware for wholesale and retail customers in this Tucson factory, where 100% of HF Coors products are manufactured. Source: HF Coors Website
Sunrise Through the Trees On Mt. Lemmon — Photo-artistry by kenne
Signs of autumn echoes Throughout the forest As time present becomes Time past in a moment. As the aspen leaves Dance in the breeze There is only the dance — Neither moment from Nor towards.
Autumn Nature (A Walk In The Woods) — Image by kenne
Nature
O Nature! I do not aspire To be the highest in thy choir, – To be a meteor in thy sky, Or comet that may range on high; Only a zephyr that may blow Among the reeds by the river low; Give me thy most privy place Where to run my airy race.
In some withdrawn, unpublic mead Let me sigh upon a reed, Or in the woods, with leafy din, Whisper the still evening in: Some still work give me to do, – Only – be it near to you!
For I’d rather be thy child And pupil, in the forest wild, Than be the king of men elsewhere, And most sovereign slave of care; To have one moment of thy dawn, Than share the city’s year forlorn.
Aspen Trail In The Autumn on Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
“Just an hour north of Tucson, Mount Lemmon offers a refreshing fall escape in the Santa Catalina Mountains. As travelers ascend the scenic Catalina Highway, the magical saguaros give way to towering pines and maples, their leaves ablaze with red and orange hues. At 9,000 feet, Mount Lemmon provides a cool retreat from the desert, perfect for hiking among the vibrant autumn colors. Outdoor lovers can explore the Aspen and Marshall Gulch trails, surrounded by vivid fall foliage.”
