
Golden Columbine Wildflower — Image by kenne
“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slanted yellow light.”
— Paul Monette

Golden Columbine Wildflower — Image by kenne
— Paul Monette

Summer On The Mountain (Golden Columbine) — Photo-artistry by kenne
— Native American Proverb

Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon, July 2022 — Image by kenne
— from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot

Golden Columbine Wildflower — Image by kenne
The Golden Columbine is native to moist canyon seeps in the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts of southwestern
North America. The word columbine comes from columbinus, in Latin “dove,” referring to the flower’s resemblance
to a cluster of 5 doves. The spurs represent the birds’ heads and shoulders; the spreading sepals,
the wings; the blade of the petal, each bird’s body. The genus name, from the Latin aquila (“eagle”),
alludes to the petals, which resemble eagle talons. — Source: wildflower.org

Golden Columbine Wildflower In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own.
For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”

Golden Columbine On Box Camp Trail (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Mountain rains
bring out wildflowers
yellow and orange
in a sea green.
— kenne

A Columbine Bouquet — Image by kenne
At the edge of a stream
Stretching through mountain woods
Watching clouds create dark shadows
That sink down the stream where
Golden columbines shine
Though the dark shadows.
— kenne
Golden Columbine — Image by kenne
Nothing Gold Can Stay
— Robert Frost
Sunset — Image by kenne
Mt. Lemmon Golden Columbine — Image by kenne
— kenne
Golden Columbine Art by kenne
— E. O. Wilson
The Columbine Wildflower, My Mountain Muse II
— kenne
Columbine Wildflower Computer Art — Image by kenne
— kenne

Golden Columbine with a Grunge Art Layer — Image by kenne
Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha) — Image by kenne
— kenne