Bighorn Fire — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Bighorn Fire
is burning up
my mountain
all my tears
won’t put it out.
— kenne
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Bighorn Fire 3 comments
Bighorn Fire, June 18th On Mt. Lemmon 2 comments
For some of us, this video is not easy to watch. Sad, very sad!
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Mt. Lemmon Fleabane Leave a comment
Mt. Lemmon Fleabane — Image by kenne
Thinking of the past and the future as the Bighorn Fire continues to burn on the mountain.
— kenne
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Miss Being On The Mountain 6 comments
Wild Rasberry On Mt. Lemmon (07/18/14) — Image by kenne
Those who love spending our summers hiking on Mt. Lemmon are saddened by the continued burning
of the Bighorn Fire in the Santa Catalina Mountains.
As I write this post, the Pima County Sheriff has told residents and businesses
to evacuate the Mt. Lemmon, Summerheaven, and Mt. Bigalow areas.
The Catalina Hwy has been close to non-residents and businesses for several days now.
— kenne
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American Robin Leave a comment
Though they’re familiar town and city birds, American Robins are at
home in wilder areas, too, including mountain forests.
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Bighorn Fire Spreads To Higher Elevations 4 comments
Bighorn Fire (June 13, 2020) –Image by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
This view is as seen from Oro Valley on the northside of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The glow over the mountains to the right is Tucson.
As of this morning, active fires in Romero and Cargodera Canyons burned together and continued to push to the north and east. With this spread to the higher elevations comes a transition in fuel type, with the fire moving from grasses and brush up to chaparral. Smoke from these heavier fuels will be very visible today.
Firefighters on Mt. Lemmon are building from the preparatory work done by the community together with the Forest Service, ensuring existing fire breaks are clear, and that defensible space is maintained. Crews and equipment will be working north toward the town of Oracle, scouting for containment features and identifying values at risk.
Fire in Ventana Canyon continued to be active and is expected to slowly back down the canyon where crews are confident the existing fire line will hold. Firefighters are building line extending east from the southern edge of the fire to protect communities, should the fire move in that direction where there is unburned fuel.
The fire has now burned close to 15,000 acres.
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Sneezeweed Impression Art Leave a comment
Sneezeweed with Bee Landing — Impression Art by kenne
Feeling the breeze
over the meadow
moving wildflowers
on the mountain —
close eyes
for the moment.
— kenne
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Robinia neomexicana, New Mexico Locust Leave a comment
Robinia neomexicana, New Mexico Locust Blossom — Image by kenne
The New Mexico Locust are in full bloom on Mt. Lemmon, which is a prominent understory tree in spruce-fir, fir, and mixed conifer forests. New Mexico locust has beautiful flowers that can brighten whole hillsides in the spring so it is sometimes planted as an ornamental. This use, however, is limited because of its small size, tendency to root sprout, and thorny stems. (U.S. Forest Service)
— kenne
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Mt. Lemmon Wild Turkey Leave a comment
Mt. Lemmon Wild Turkey — Image by kenne
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Art Is Where You Find It 3 comments
Nature’s Wood Art Found On Mt. Lemmon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,
move with it, and join the dance.
— Alan Watts
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The Rings Of Life 3 comments
“The Rings of Life” — Image by kenne
Tree Rings
They are silent scars,
tree rings,
simple markers of time
that ignores
the story between the lines,
the seasons of starvation,
the winters that lingered,
the days of summer, of wine and dance,
the wild mistakes
and the wilder joys,
the droughts and soft nights of love,
all of them lost in the lines,
each so similar to the next,
markers of age, so easily seen by others,
who cannot know your story in all it’s richness
unless you have the courage
to leave the lines behind,
tell your own tale
like the bards of old,
creating a truth more true than honesty,
more true than markers or memories,
or the lies of time.
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Snow On Mt. Lemmon 1 comment
Snow On Mountain — Image by kenne
In the mountain’s it’s cold
Always been cold, not just this year.
Jagged scarps forever snowed in
Woods in the dark ravines spitting mist.
Grass is still sprouting at the end of June,
Leaves begin to fall in early August.
And here am I, high on mountains,
Peering and peering, but I can’t even see the sky.
— Gary Snyder
