Archive for the ‘Fall’ Category
Fall Colors — Computer Art by kenne
For the lands, and for these passionate days, and for myself,
Now I awhile return to thee, O soil of Autumn fields,
Reclining on thy breast, giving myself to thee,
Answering the pulses of thy sane and equable heart,
Tuning a verse for thee.
O Earth, that hast no voice, confide to me a voice!
O harvest of my lands! O boundless Summer growths!
O lavish, brown, parturient earth! O infinite, teeming womb!
O theatre of time, and day, and night!
A verse, to seek to see, to narrate thee.
— from “A Carol of Harvest for 1867” by Walt Whitman
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Mt. Lemmon Fall Colors (October 18, 2016) — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images for a larger view in a slideshow format.)
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Autumn Colors — Image by kenne
Autumn Song
— Dante Gabriel RossettiÂ
Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
Laid on it for a covering,
And how sleep seems a goodly thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?
And how the swift beat of the brain
Falters because it is in vain,
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf
Knowest thou not? and how the chief
Of joys seems—not to suffer pain?
Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the soul feels like a dried sheaf
Bound up at length for harvesting,
And how death seems a comely thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?
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Camphorweed Grunge Art by kenne
It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.
–Daniel Kahneman
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Wispy Cirrus Clouds in an October Sunset — Image by kenne
Wispy cirrus clouds
Circle around the sunset
Nature’s fall pole dance.
— kenne
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SCVN Thursday Elementary Program Naturalists — L-R: Debbie Bird, Pat Fox (New Trainee), David Dean, Bob Veranes, Phil Bentley, Maureen Hutter, Jerry Bird, David Engelsberg, Becky Duncan, Nancy Murphy, Jim Burton (New Trainee), Kenne Turner
— Image by kenne
Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) begun their Fall Elementary School Field-trip program this week. A second grade teacher selected the “Web of Life” program for today’s field-trip.Â
— kenne
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Gone To Seed — Computer Art by kenne
Nature’s web of life
Continuing the cycle —
Universal truth.
— kenne
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Aspens On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
Nature’s Way
Golden leaves twist in the breeze
Above the trail near the creek.
I desire to capture every moment
Knowing soon they will fall
To their place of restingÂ
No longer twisting in the sunlight —
Continuing nature’s way.
— kenne
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Late Fall Before The Snow Falls On Mt. Lemmon — Computer image by kenne
The ground around us
where life begins
born with questions
ends without answers,
but along the way
hearts hum
to a drumbeat
passed on from the old
to the new
carved in wood.
— kenne
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Still Plenty of Wildflowers On Our Hike To Hutch’s Pool In The Santa Catalina Mountains (November 13, 2015)– Images by kenne
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This thorny vine is very drought tolerant and can be allowed to grow up a wall or shaped into a nice landscaped bush. They are beautiful ornamental plants, but they are very frost-sensitive. A frost or freezing temperatures will kill the exposed plant, leaving a thorny dried-up plant till spring, at which time they need to be cut back. Because of their sharp thorns, this is not a pleasant task — one that I hate. In our five winters in Tucson, the bougainvilleas made it through the winter season only once.Â
The last two mornings we have had lows of 35 degrees without a frost — maybe on the top of cars. Getting freezing temperatures in the winter are more likely in Tucson than our big sister to the north because our elevation is 2,600 ft, vs Phoenix at 1,100 ft. Plus, we are usually drier here causing the upper-level cold air to drop closer to the ground over night.Â
At any rate, after hearing the weather forecast a few days ago, I decided to take a few photos of one of my favorite plants. In equatorial regions, they tend to flower all year round in. Elsewhere, they are seasonal, with bloom cycles typically four to six weeks. The actual flower of the bougainvillea is small and generally white,  surrounded by three or six modified bright colored leaves.
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Bougainvillea Images by kenne
View From a Villa
yonder is a flaming red, vintage corolla
basking in the sun in the yard of this villa,
casting no shadow,
while by the window,
dances a burning bush, blazing bougainvillea!
–Romeo Naces
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Hiking the Sabino Canyon Trail to the West Fork Trail on our way to Hutch’s Pool — Panorama by kenne
The hike to Hutch’s Pool from the Sabino Canyon Visitor Center would be a 16 mile hike, so we take the Sabino Canyon Shuttle to Stop 9, which cuts the hike distance in half. The hike involves taking the Sabino Canyon trail to the West Fork trail in the Wilderness area of the Santa Catalina Mountains where we find beautiful mountain vistas, and this time of year plenty of fall colors along the West Fork Trail. Â
(Click on any of the images to see a larger view in a slideshow format.)
Upper Sabino Canyon
Upper Sabino Canyon
Upper Sabino Canyon
Looking Back Down Sabino Canyon
Upper Sabino Canyon
Canyon Leading Up To Hutch’s Pool
Looking Where A Dam of Sabino Canyon was Proposed a Hundred Years Ago
Along the Sabino Canyon Trail
Along the Sabino Canyon Trail
Along Sabino Canyon Trail
Creek Leading Up to Hutch’s Pool
West Fork Trail Area
Hutch’s Pool
Creek Leading To Hutch’s Pool
Fall Colors Near The Creek
Hutch’s Pool
Fall Colors
Fall Colors
Fall Colors
Near the West Fork Trail
Creek from Hutch’s Pool
Hutch’s Pool
Creek Crossing
Hutch’s Pool
Images by kenne
Image of kenne by Phil Bentley
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It’s migration time for Turkey Vulture, so it’s not unusual to see a lot of these big vultures in the morning and late afternoon.
Storms have been in the area with 30-40 mph wind gusts. We live near the Tanque Verde Wash where many of the migratingÂ
birds roost overnight in the cottonwoods near the wash. Yesterday afternoon storms in southern Arizona caused the migratingÂ
vultures to start coming in early by the hundreds. Some landed in dead trees near Â
Tanuri Ridge where I was able to take these photos,
after which they took off across the wash to spend the night in cottonwoods south of the wash.
Hundreds of turkey vultures flying in from the approaching storm. —Â Images by kenne
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