Archive for the ‘Desert Rain’ Category

Sunset After A Rainy Day   5 comments

Sunset Over The Santa Catalina Mountains After a Rainy Day — Image by kenne

Desert-Luminous

Rain darkens the foothills,
but the sunset slips through a break in the clouds —
a copper flare brushing the Catalinas
as if the mountains were being forged anew.

— kenne

On This Rainy Day   Leave a comment

On This Rainy Day — Image by kenne

On This Rainy Day. . .

. . . I share the following:

. . . he went his way,
Down among the Lost People like Dante, down
To the stinking fosse where the injured
Lead the ugly life of the rejected.

And showed us what evil is: not as we thought
Deeds that must be punished, but our lack of faith,
Our dishonest mood of denial,
The concupiscence of he oppressor.

And if something of the autocratic pose,
The paternal strictness he distrusted, still
Clung to his utterance and features,
It was a protective imitation
For one who lived among enemies so long:
If often he was wrong and at times absurd,
To us he is no more a person
Now but a whole climate of opinion. . . .

— from In Memory of Sigmund Freud by W.H. Auden

Looks Like Rain   2 comments

Looks Like Rain — Image by kenne

Looks like rain

we can only hope

here in the desert

where rain drys 

before hitting ground.

— kenne

Clouds Over The Catalinas   Leave a comment

Clouds Over The Catalinas — Image by kenne

The first month of the monsoon has not been good for Tanuri Ridge. It seems as if it has been raining
only somewhere else. For the month of July, we have received only about an inch.

— kenne

Butterflies And Desert Flowers After Monsoon Rains   2 comments

Surphur Butterflies on Creosole Bush Blossoms In Sabino Canyon (July 27, 2021) — Images by kenne 

The recent monsoon rains have greened up the canyon, bringing out a lot of butterflies.
Unfortunately, I only had my 18-70 mm lens, so trying to photograph
the mostly surphur butterflies became challenging.

— kenne

Monsoon Strom Over The Mountains   1 comment

Monsoon Strom Over The Mountains — Image by kenne

monsoon strom comes forth

building over the mountains

much needed rain falls

— kenne

Talk Of Rain Coming   1 comment

Rain 8-24-10Rain Clouds At Sunset — Image by kenne

rain clouds at sunset
talk of rain coming

creeks and washes dry
talk of rain coming

maybe not today
talk of rain coming

maybe tomorrow
talk of rain coming

rain clouds without rain
talk of rain coming

talk of rain coming
talk. . .

— kenne