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Poppies Are Popping Leave a comment

Poppies are Popping In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne

I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing and defends
nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not by his own will.

— Wendell Berry

Posted March 6, 2023 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Hiking, Information, nature walk, Photography, Quote, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona, Wildflowers

Tagged with Poppies, Quote, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona, Wendell Berry, Wildflowers

Desert Mistletoe Berries Attracting Birds To Sabino Canyon 1 comment

This morning on the Plant and Bird Walk, we could see a small flock of Eastern Bluebirds, none close enough to get any good photos,
but more will be coming to Sabino Canyon because of all the desert mistletoe berries in the canyon. Till then,
the berries are attracting plenty of Phainopeplas.
— kenne

Posted November 15, 2022 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, nature walk, Photography, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with desert mistletoe, Phaninopepla, Photography, Plant and Bird Walk, Sabino Canyon, SCVN Nature Walk, Tucson Arizona

Second-Graders At Sabino Dam 2 comments

Second Grade Class Participating in SCVN Field Trip To Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

A day with nature

Loving the time together

Excitement for all.

— kenne

Posted November 10, 2022 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Existential Moment, Information, nature walk, Photography, Poetry, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, SCVN, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Elementary Program, Haiku, Photography, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, Sabino Creek, Sabino Dam, SCVN, Tucson Arizona

Ladybug on Common Yarrow Leave a comment

Ladybug on Common Yarrow (July 8, 2022) — Image by kenne

on the meadow trail

few mountain flowers this year

observing the few

— kenne

Posted July 21, 2022 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Hiking, Information, Mt. Lemmon, nature walk, Photography, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Capturing the Moment, Common Yarrow, Haiku, Ladybug, Mt. Lemmon, Santa Catalina Mountains, The Meadow Trail, Tucson Arizona

Hedgehog Cactus Blossoms 3 comments

Engelmann’s Hedgehog Blossoms — Image by kenne

Scarlet Hedgehog Blossoms — Image by kenne

On a desert hike

Signs of spring are everywhere

Just look around you.

— kenne

Posted April 17, 2022 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, nature walk, Photography, Poetry, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Blossoms, Engelmann's Hedgehog, Haiku, Hedgehog Cactus, Scarlet Hedgehog, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

The Woods Do That To You . . . 1 comment

Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne

“I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all.
The woods do that to you, they always look familiar, long lost,
like the face of a long-dead relative, like an old dream,
like a piece of forgotten song drifting across the water,
most of all like golden eternities of past childhood or
past manhood and all the living and the dying and the
heartbreak that went on a million years ago and the clouds
as they pass overhead seem to testify
(by their own lonesome familiarity) to this feeling.”

–Jack Kerouac

Posted April 7, 2022 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Existential Moment, Hiking, Information, Mt. Lemmon, nature walk, Quote, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Existential Moment, Jack Kerouac, Santa Catalina Mountains, The Woods Do That To You, Tucson Arizona

A Fun Day On The Beach Leave a comment

A Fun Day On The Beach (August 2021)– Photo-Artistry by kenne

On this winter day
it’s nice to look
back on the fun
days of summer
being in the sun
with bikini-clad girls.
Eye popping!

— kenne

Posted January 6, 2022 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Existential Moment, Information, nature walk, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Road Trip

Tagged with Bikini, Capturing the Moment, Charleston, Existential Moment, Photo-Artistry, Photography, Poetry, Road Trip

Bee On Fairy Duster Wildflower Leave a comment

Bee On Fairy Duster Wildflower (July 16, 2021) — Image by kenne

The draft of this posting was done in late July before we went on our August road trip.
However, many photos later, just today, I noticed this unpublished draft —
Better late than never.

— kenne

Posted October 19, 2021 by kenneturner in Bees, Capturing the Moment, Information, nature walk, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Bee, Fairy Duster, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona, Wildflowers

Sneezeweed Art Leave a comment

Sneezeweed Art by kenne

Green to blue

Yellow to orange

New to old

— kenne

Posted September 23, 2021 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Mt. Lemmon, nature walk, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains

Tagged with Haiku, Mt. Lemmon, Photo-Artistry, Santa Catalina Mountains, Sneezeweed, Tucson Arizona

Hiking Box Camp Trail Leave a comment

Hiking Up Box Camp Trail In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne

The Tucson basin

Santa Rita’s to the south

Hiking Box Camp trail

Leaving the tall pines

An existential moment

Illumination

— kenne

Posted September 19, 2021 by kenneturner in Box Camp Trail, Capturing the Moment, Existential Moment, Hiking, Information, Mt. Lemmon, nature walk, Photography, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Box Camp Trail, Haiku, Hiking, Santa Catalina Mountains, Santa Rita Mountains, Tucson Basin

Cut Saguaro Ten Years Out 3 comments

I took this image in September 2011 while on my first Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) nature walk.
I was so appalled that someone cut off the top of this young (probably 35-40 years old) saguaro cactus.