The Monsoon Rains Brings On the Texas Ranger Blossoms — Images by kenne
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Monsoon Lightning Over the Catalinas — Image by kenne
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“Star Power” Silverpuff Blossom In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
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The monsoon rains bring new life to the Sonoran Desert. This past week has experienced some very good rain fall, especially in the mountains. The start of the monsoon season brings out the Sonoran toads, but they breed in water, and even with the recent rains we have had several months of no rain and Sabino Creek remains dry. The above photo was taken this morning, but based on sighting a few miles up the creek, there maybe water flowing over the dam by night fall.
Down from the dam, there are few pools of water that Jeanne, Dan and I explored this morning and found some toads. The mating season will last only a few days, so with more rain expected today and tomorrow, and with water coming down the creek, the toads will probably be very active the next couple of days.
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Sonoran Desert Monsoon Sunset (Tucson Arizona) — Image by kenne
The monsoon is here
rolling over the mountains
soaking the desert.
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Sunset After the First Monsoon Rains (July 10, 2017)– iPhone Panorama by kenne
Monsoon Rain at Sunset in Tanuri Ridge — Image by kenne
— William Wordsworth
Mexican Yellow Butterfly on a Mexican Bird of Paradice — Image by kenne
Many butterfly images
before one good one.
Another butterfly
flies by, I focus
on a yellow one.
Snap, and Snap again,
trying to be invisible
in the bright sunlight.
A cloud moves by,
shooting manually,
I change settings.
Why shoot manual?
Prefer working with
options, having choices.
The sun comes back out
only to give way
to more clouds.
Wind gusts
move the flowers
as butterflies move on —
it is the monsoon season,
distant thunder
is a reminder.
— kenne
Late Afternoon Storms Over the Santa Catalina Mountains (June 26, 2016) — Image by kenne
Storms Move Into the Santa Catalina’s (August 31, 2015) — Images by kenne
A reported 5 inches of rain on Mt. Lemmon in the last 24 hours.
My rain gauge in the Catalina foothills recorded .5 of an inch.
