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Gambel’s Quail Smage Art   Leave a comment

Gambel’s Quail Smage Chalk Art by kenne

The piercing cries
of the Gambel’s quail
call the small flock together
after they scurry one by one
across the sandy wash.

— from The Mexican Poppies Have Unfurled by Wes Jernigan

Sunrise Through The Trees   Leave a comment

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.

— kenne

Leaves In A Frame   1 comment

Leaves In A Frame — Photo-artistry by kenne

Changing Of The Seasons

Oh the changing of the seasons it’s a pretty thing to see
And though I find this balmy weather pleasin’
There’s the wind come from tomorrow and I hear it callin’ me
And I’m bound for the changing of the seasons
Oh it’s blowin’ in Chicago and it’s snowin’ up in Maine
And the Islands to the south are warm and sunny
And I’ve got to feel the earth shake and I gotta feel the rain
And I’ve got to know a taste of more than honey

So don’t ask me where I’m goin’ or how long I’m gonna be away
Don’t make me give you all the hollow reasons
I’ll think of you like summer and I might be back some day
When my heart miss the changing of the seasons
Oh it’s blowin’ in Chicago…

Oh it’s nothing that you said and it ain’t nothing that you done
And I wish I could explain you why I’m leavin’
But there’s some men need the winter and there’s some men need the sun
And there’s some men need the changing of the seasons
Yeah it’s blowin’ in Chicago…

 
Shel Silverstein 

Fall On Mt. Lemmon   3 comments

Fall On Mt. Lemmon — Painting by kenne

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

— Mark Twain

Remembering The Alaskan Coast   Leave a comment

Remembering The Alaskan Coast — Photo-artistry by kenne

Alaska coast cruise

Shore visits all in the rain

Coastal rainforest.

— kenne

Butterfly Painting   Leave a comment

Butterfly Painting by kenne

The Butterfly  

I hold you at last in my hand,
Exquisite child of the air.
Can I ever understand
How you grew to be so fair?
 
You came to my linden tree
To taste its delicious sweet,
I sitting here in the shadow and shine
Playing around its feet.
 
Now I hold you fast in my hand,
You marvelous butterfly,
Till you help me to understand
The eternal mystery.
 
From that creeping thing in the dust
To this shining bliss in the blue!
God give me courage to trust
I can break my chrysalis too!
 
— Alice Freeman Palmer
 
 

Sabina Creek Above The Dam   4 comments

Sabina Creek Above The Dam — Image by kenne

Water celebrates, yielding continually
sheeted and fast in its overfall
slips down the rock, evades the pillars
building its colonnades, repairs
in stream and standing wave
retains its seaward green
broken by obstacle rock; falling, the water sheet
spouts, and the mind dances, excess of white.
The white brilliant function of the land’s disease.
 
— from The Book of the Dead: The Dam by Muriel Rukeyser

 

Butterfly Painting   2 comments

Painted Lady Painting (First Posted April 25, 2013) — Image by kenne

“The Painted Lady butterfly is known for its remarkable adaptability to a wide range of environments,
making it one of the most widely distributed butterfly species in the world. Several factors contribute to their
ability
to thrive in all lower 48 states in the US.” — Source: Insect Lore

Hearst Castle (La Cuesta Encantada)   5 comments

During our time on California’s Central Coast, we included a scheduled tour of the Hearst Castle known formally as
La Cuesta Encantada is a historic estate in San Simeon.

 

Video by kenne

Imagination-II   1 comment

Imagination-II — Photo-artistry by kenne

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.

— William Shakespeare

4th Avenue   2 comments

Tucson’s 4th Avenue — Image by kenne

Reflections are real

It’s reality that’s not

Artists make it real.

— kenne

 

Glass Artist   Leave a comment

Glass Artist at the Festival — HDR Image by kenne

carefully turning

the glass rod in the gas flame

sparkle and shining

— kenne

Wild Cotton Blossom Grunge Art   2 comments

Wild Cotton Blossom — Grunge Art by kenne

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny,
we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom.
It happens in its own time.

— Denis Waitley

Bayou Blues   3 comments

Bayou Blues — Photo-artistry by kenne

Tonight we gather in this dance hall
Everyone is looking for a way to let their feelings out.
It takes two to tango and I think I’m ready
To sweep you off your feet.
We’ll count the steps as one, two, three
And act out a story between swaying bodies.
A small twist here and pirouette there
Is all it takes to make this kids heart start to race.
So let’s start this off with a twist
and end it with a dip
As we start to move you’ll feel the rhythm
Start to move you as it takes control of your hips.

from “The Rhythm She Feels Inside (A Dancehall Kind of Love)” by Leslie Alexis

Shoreline Sunset   1 comment

Shoreline Sunset — Painting by kenne

A peaceful sunset

Bringing the day to an end

Over the shoreline.

— kenne