Archive for the ‘Arizona’ Category
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“The right to vote is precious and almost sacred,
and one of the most important blessings of our democracy.
Today we must be vigilant in protecting that blessing.”
— John Lewis
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American Snout Butterflies — Image by kenne
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A Beautiful Painted Lady — Image by kenne
Painted Lady,
elixir of
colors
true love of
flowers
under exquisite
skies
in the shadow of
mountains
remembering all
goodbyes.
— kenne
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Sonoran Sky Island — Images by kenne
“I feel again the poignant urge to grasp it, embrace it, know all
at once and all in all; but the harder I strive for such a consummation,
the more elusive that it becomes, slipping like a dream through my
arms. Can this desire be satisfied only in death? Something in our
human consciousness seems to make us forever spectators of
the world we live in.
Maybe some of my crackpot, occultist friends are right; maybe we
really are aliens here on earth, our spirits born on some other,
simpler, more human planet. But why were we sent here?
What is our mission, comrades, and when do we get paid?
A writer’s epitaph: He fell in love with the planted earth,
but the affair was never consummated.”
— Edward Abbey
“To the consternation of the “committed” reviewer, he is not a
conservationist or an environmentalist or a boxable list of any other
kind; he keeps on showing up as Edward Abbey, a horse of another
color, and one that requires some care to appreciate.”
— from “A Few Words in Favor of Ed Abbey” by Wendell Berry
Sonoran Desert Eye
“He had the zeal of a true believer and the sting of a scorpion.”
— Wallace Stegner referring to Edward Abbey
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Tree at The Wave — Image by kenne
You can photograph trees
over and over and over
and tell a different
a story in everyone.
— kenne
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Time– Image by kenne
Left behind as the sun rushes toward a destiny,
time does not flow in a continuous stream
from past into future like the position of the sun
as we begin to feel foolish waiting for it to set.
The present moment is part of what’s about to happen,
“now” becoming a prologue to more things to come
giving us more room to stay in the moment
and your future, a past you remember.
— kenne
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Cattle In The Dusty West — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Once beautiful desert grassland,
Now destroyed by overgrazing
On land unable to sustain
The native desert environment
Draining the groundwater levels in a
World of “pay me now, or pay me later.”
— kenne
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“A Web Of Color” — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Spiderweb
From other
angles the
fibers look
fragile, but
not from the
spider’s always
hauling coarse
rope, hitching
lines to the
best posts
possible.
— Kay Ryan
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly On Thistle — Images by kenne
May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun.
And find your shoulder to light on.
To bring you luck, happiness, and riches.
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
— An Irish Blessing
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Fly Amanita Mushroom — Image by kenne
Fly amanita is the most iconic toadstool species, with a white-gilled,
white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable
and widely encountered in popular culture.
As the mushroom matures, the can becomes flatter
and recognizable in Victorian literature, including
Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.”
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Ladybug Convention — Image by kenne
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Clouds — Image by kenne
“Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult,
but because it wishes to be art.”
— Donald Barthelme
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Raven On A Rock with Bearded penstemon Wildflowers — Image by kenne
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Grand Canyon Portrait — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Sonoita Country — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Rolling countryside
In a high desert plateau
Great vineyard country.
Picturesque highways
A short drive down from Tucson
Windmills in the sky.
A birders haven
Towering cottonwood trees
Bring your camera.
Traveled in years past
by Native Americans
And Father Kino.
— kenne
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