Water Lily Painting by kenne
The scene feels almost meditative—
water lilies glowing
against the cool pond surface,
inviting you to linger a little longer.
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Flowers’ Category
Water Lily Painting 1 comment
Summer’s Wild Lanterns 1 comment
Owl’s Claw (Hymenoxys hoopesii) — Image by kenne
Owl’s Claw in full bloom—
golden discs on mountain breeze,
summer’s wild lanterns.
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May Flowers 4 comments
Sonoran Desert May Flowers — Image by kenne
Lupines whisper blue,
poppies flicker like old flames—
May remembers you.
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Pedals In Soft Squares 2 comments
Mixed Art by kenne
Petals in soft squares,
spring arranged in patchwork light—
blossoms held in frame.
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Sedona Redrock Country — Image by kenne
Red rock formations
Cover land in Sedona
Beauty to behold.
— kenne
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Cactus Blossoms 2 comments
Prickly Pear Cactus Yellow Blossoms are Everywhere — Images by kenne
Texas has its yellow rose.
The Arizona desert has its yellow cactus blossoms.
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To Be A Flower, Is A Profound Responsibility 1 comment
Cactus and Flower — HDR Image by kenne
BLOOM
by Emily Dickinson
Bloom — is Result — to meet a Flower
And casually glance
Would cause one scarcely to suspect
The minor Circumstance
Assisting in the Bright Affair
So intricately done
Then offered as a Butterfly
To the Meridian —
To pack the Bud — oppose the Worm —
Obtain its right of Dew —
Adjust the Heat — elude the Wind —
Escape the prowling Bee
Great Nature not to disappoint
Awaiting Her that Day —
To be a Flower, is profound
Responsibility —
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Desert Rosemallow Leave a comment
Desert Rosemallow (Santa Catalina Mountains)– Image by kenne
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The White Rose Leave a comment
The White Rose — Image by kenne
The White Rose
The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
But I send you a cream-white rosebud
With a flush on its petal tips;
For the love that is purest and sweetest
Has a kiss of desire on the lips.
— John Boyle O’Reilly
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Common Sneezeweed On Mt. Lemmon 3 comments
Common Sneezeweed On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
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Great Year For Wildflowers In The Southwest Leave a comment
Great Year for Wildflowers In the Desert Southwest — Image by kenne
The flowers stand among
the creosol and saguaros
as a hummingbird hovers
nearby, then gone.
The migrating birds
have passed on
as April becomes
summer heat.
The flowers like
a nearby stream
gone in the dry air.
— kenne
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Apache Beggarticks Wildflowers On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
As fall comes to Mt. Lemmon
The mixed conifer forest begins
To show its autumn colors as
Mountain wildflowers will remain
Until the winter snows start to fall
And Mt. Lemmon becomes a house
Without beams and walls.
— kenne
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Southern Dogface # 7 — Image by kenne
The southern dogface is a common butterfly this time of year here in Tucson,
and they are especially attracted to the Mexican Bird of Paradise blossoms.
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that bring the philosophic mind.
— from 536. Ode Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth
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I Give To You A Bouquet Of Flowers 2 comments
Photo-Artistry by kenne
I give to you a bouquet of flowers
in the name of my love for you
on this day and our days to come.
— kenne
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Death Of A Tulip Leave a comment
Death Of A Tulip — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“To be a Flower, is profound
Responsibility —”
— from Bloom by Emily Dickinson
