Mockingbird Gears — Computer Art by kenne
Mockingbird blue gears
Rise into my view each day
Bright body shadows.
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Birds’ Category
Mockingbird Gears 1 comment
Hot Bird In Tucson Leave a comment
Immature Canyon Towhee on 109 Degree Day (Bird I.D. by Jerry Bird) — Image by kenne
This Canyon Towhee has been spending time in the shade of our olive tree, which is near the patio fountain and feeders. Yes, birds can suffer heat strokes. — kenne
Cactus Wren Grunge Art Leave a comment
Cactus Wren Grunge Art by kenne
Art tries to create creates many possible futures futures in each moment moments of existence existences choosing reality realities from our experience experiences. -- kenne
House Wren — An Artistic Technique Leave a comment
House Wren — Grunge Art by kenne
“. . . an artistic technique is discipline in spontaneity and spontaneity in discipline.”
— Alan W. Watts
Cooling Off In Tucson 1 comment
Patio Fountain
Patio Fountain
Patio Fountain
Cooling Off In Tucson — Images by kenne
Sure it’s hot in the desert
we just learn to adapt.
— kenne
Kindness to Animals 3 comments
House Finch On Old Rusty Wheel — Image by kenne
Kindness to Animals
Little children, never give
Pain to things that feel and live:
Let the gentle robin come
For the crumbs you save at home,—
As his meat you throw along
He’ll repay you with a song;
Never hurt the timid hare
Peeping from her green grass lair,
Let her come and sport and play
On the lawn at close of day;
The little lark goes soaring high.
To the bright windows of the sky,
Singing as if ’twere always spring,
And fluttering on an untired wing,—
Oh! let him sing his happy song,
Nor do these gentle creatures wrong.
— Anonymous
Feasting On Saguaro Cactus Fruit 2 comments
Each spring the white-winged doves return from wintering in Mexico and the air is filled with their mating calls. The hoots and coos are so common they sometimes drown out the sounds of other birds.
The return of the white-winged doves plays a very important role in the life cycle of the saguaro cactus. When saguaros flower, white-winged doves move from flower to flower, sipping nectar and pollinating the plant.
Once the flowers become fruit, the doves have a new food source. The sweet fruit is filled with thousands of tiny seeds, which pass unharmed through the digestive system of the dove. If seeds are passed while the dove is perched on a tree or bush, that tree or bush might become a nurse plant to the growing saguaro. Such a plant protects the young saguaro from extreme weather and animals and greatly increases its chances of survival.
For the Tohono O’odham, the saguaro cactus and its fruit (bahidaj) is a very important part of their heritage. The towering saguaro cactus provides both physical and spiritual sustenance for the people. With temperatures now over 100 degrees, the bahidaj is now ripening and being harvested by the Tohono O’odham. (Images by kenne)
— kenne
White-winged Dove Abstract Art by kenne
