Tanque Verde Ranch Wagon — HDR Image by kenne
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Tanque Verde Ranch Wagon 2 comments
As one of America’s
Cristate Saguaro Cactus 4 comments
Cristate Saguaro Cactus in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.
— Edward Abbey
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Texas House Concert — The Blues Project 1 comment
Texas House Concert — The Blues Project — Photo-artistry by kenne
In the piny woods
of east Texas
where good vibes
echo off the trees
healing the soul
with the blues.
— kenne
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La Paz Street Scene Leave a comment
La Paz Street Scene — Image by kenne
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Hiking Buddies Leave a comment
Hiking Buddies (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
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We See Only What We Wish To See Leave a comment
Broken Windmill Near The Hope Camp Trail — Image by kenne
There stands the remains
of a hopeless battle
watched over by
the ghost of Don Quixote.
Although the ghost whispers
are never heard,
try as I may to distinguish
between fantasy and reality,
every windmill stands in the shadow
of the ghost of Don Quixote
giving this tool of man a human spirit
leaving us to decide
which is the ideal vision –
the practical but mundane
image of a windmill,
or that of the romantic dreamer
of the impossible dream –
in the end, we all see only
what we wish to see.
— kenne
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Utah Juniper in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Image by kenne
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A Naturalist With Children 3 comments
A Naturalist Teaching Children About Nature — Image by kenne
When we encourage a love of nature in our children, we give them a lifelong gift.
— kenne
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Monument Valley — Image by kenne
Monument Valley
if you listen
midst the silence of the valley
the voices of the Elders from the monuments
whisper down,
“You are welcome here.
This land to which we were entrusted
by the Great Creator of all things
is ours to tend,
is ours to share,
is ours to enjoy,
but not ours to keep;
for we pass it down to our children
with the same admonition”
and in what seems a barren setting,
abundant in desolation,
lacking in precipitation,
we look to the monuments
whose beauty stands as a reminder
that in such a harsh place
we are not forgotten
by Him
— Preston Bigler
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Yucca Flowers — B&W Image by kenne
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A Sabino Canyon Morning Leave a comment
A Sabino Canyon Morning — Image by kenne
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Corvette Raffle at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Tucson Greek Festival — Image by kenne
With so many leaves, the sun waves good day
with many stands shines, shines the sky
and those ones inn irons and those others are in the earth.
Quiet anytime now, the church bells will signal.
This earth is theirs and ours.
Beneath the earth in their crossed arms
they hold the rope of the church bells,
they are awaiting the hour, waiting to signal the resurrection
this earth is theirs and ours
no one can take it from us
Quiet anytime now, the church bells will signal.
— from The Church Bells Will Signal by Yiannis Ritsos
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Kenne David Turner Grilling On His Birthday, January 1st — Image by kenne
“This sandgrain day in the bent bay’s grave
He celebrates and spurns
His driftwood forty-eighth wind turned age;
Herons spire and spear.”
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Top Two Shelves In Our Study — Image by kenne
There are moments
down deep inside
when I scream —
Nobody gets in
to see the wizard
not nobody,
not no how.
— kenne
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Aspen Trail on Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
Sun warms the lizard’s back
and the humble back of the mountain.
A raven croaks from the top of a thermal.
The valley oak above the barn,
dying a huge branch at a time,
stands in calm mortability, content
with the warm light that has fed its leaves,
the dark waters that have fed its roots,
its acorns that have fed the woodpeckers
for five hundred rainy seasons.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
