Archive for the ‘Desert Landscape’ Category
Pen and Color Desert Scene by kenne
Sonnet 73
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,Desert
As the death-bed, whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourish’d by.
This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well, which thou must leave ere long.
— William Shakespeare
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Eastern Collared Lizard — Image by kenne
With fall in the air,
lizards will be out of sight
only to be seen on a rock
in the desert sunlight —
it’s the natural
order of things.
— kenne
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Cattails By A Sonoran Desert Creek — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The sonoran desert
a very diverse place
wildflowers take turns
blooming so visitors
can always see them —
what a beautiful world.
— kenne
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A Morning Hike In Saguaro National Park Hike-East (01/03/20)– Image by kenne
On the trail a morning haze
Slowly disappears as the sun
Lifts over the mountains
Across rocks and cactus
Leaving behind still air
Warmed as the sun
Moves desert shadows
Plants shinning with dew
A picture I try to capture
Lost in the passing moment
Hiking the desert trails
Looking down the miles
Collecting memories
To be lost with time
But not in mind.
— kenne
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Sonoran Spring — Image by kenne
A sonoran spring
A joy to experience
On its many trails.
Hike from the valleys
Through many biome changes
To the mountains high.
Many sky islands
Each having its own cycle
For propagation.
— kenne
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Desert Trail — Panorama by kenne
Albert Einstein believed we suffer from an “optical delusion”
which separated us from the rest of creation. His solution?
“Widen our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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Winter In Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
On this day in February, we are in Kingwood Texas celebrating Jill’s birthday.
Days of Contrast
Winter in Sabino Canyon —
Blue is the color of the sky
Golden the color of desert grass
Mountain colors changing
With the angle of the sun.
Winter on the Gulf Coast —
Gray the color of the sky
Damp air chills to the bone
Diminishing a desire to walk
In the east Texas woods.
— kenne
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Del Sol Pool Area & Golf Course (Home of the 2018 U of A Women’s Championship Team)– Image by kenne
We will be there tomorrow to see the the Isley Brothers & Commodores at the AVA Amphitheater. — kenne
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Dried Wildflowers — Images by kenne
In the fall
beauty takes on
a different form
changing colors
minus the fresh
softness of spring.
— kenne
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Canyon Lands National Park Travel Scene (June 2014) — Image by kenne
Being in the right place at the right time
is knowing how to stay active and look around
as if it were your last day on earth.
It’s a wonderful world out there.
— kenne
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Dry Wildflowers — Computer Painting by kenne
My eyes allow me to see,
my experience allows me to look.
— kenne
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Painting by kenne
Crossing The Border
Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends.
— Ogden Nash
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Don’t Fence Me In — Image by kenne
the West
invented itself,
then
reinvented itself —
first by cowboys,
then
by landowners,
which changed its
tone and image,
so much so
now only the
makings of myths,
not history.
— kenne
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The Photographer — Image by kenne
THE PHOTOGRAPHER
The photographer (artist)
seeks to connect what
is already connected, the
past, present, and future
in a moment of existence
while being a traveler
in other people’s reality
sharing an awareness
of the present experience.
An awareness of the moment
with the whole being, the artist
is of the experience —
the essence of existence.
The artist desires to share
the essence, but the resulting image
is about the experience, not
of the experience —
the Tao of observation.
In the process
of capturing an event
the photographer feels
and sees in the moment,
the Tao of an event —
the Tao that is projected
is outside the moment
hence is not the
essence of Tao.
— kenne
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Petrified Forest National Park — Images by kenne
Here, one sees the Painted Desert with its fantastic coloring, the petrified forests, deep lateral cañons, the great Cohonino Forest, through which one may ride for five days without finding a drop of water except during the rainy season. Truly, it is a wonderland, and in the Grand Cañon one can think of nothing but the Abomination of Desolation. There is no place in the world at present so accessible, and at the same time so full of the most romantic interest, as are the territories of Arizona and New Mexico.
— from On the Border with Crook, by John G. Bourke (1891)
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