Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies On Narrow-leaf Aster Wildflowers (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
“And anyway, what is the difference between self-knowledge and self-obsession?
One encourages a defeat of the ego, the other encourages a feeding of the ego.
One a deeper experience of connection to ourselves, which enables a more
nourishing connection to others. The other, disdain for the deeper needs of the self,
which leads to disdain of others.”
— from On Connection by Kae Tempest
Like this:
Like Loading...
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
Like this:
Like Loading...
Great Western Swallowtail Butterfly — Photo Essay by kenne
with one tail missing
the swallowtail stays on track
not missing a beat
— kenne
Like this:
Like Loading...
Monsoon Weather Has Moved On — Santa Catalina Mountains Image by kenne
Like this:
Like Loading...
Monsoon Rains are Greening Up Sabino Canyon — Panorama Image by kenne
It’s not easy to tell, but saguaros are getting plump sucking up the water — believe me.
— kenne
Like this:
Like Loading...
Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon, July 2022 — Image by kenne
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.
— from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
Like this:
Like Loading...
Immature Cooper’s Hawk Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Until the mid-twentieth century, Cooper’s hawks were hunted as vermin. Indeed the farmer considered this
“chicken hawk” one of his primary foes. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 changed all that and became
Cooper’s hawk’s protection when it was amended in 1972 to include raptors, making it illegal to kill a raptor
or take their eggs or even their feathers. During that same period, chicken farming evolved to the current system
in which the chickens are better protected in environmentally controlled facilities; even the suburban farmer
with a backyard coop now focuses on other means of protection than his shotgun.
The beleaguered Cooper’s hawk of the early twentieth century became an endangered species in many states,
and the use of pesticides in the period after World War II further decimated the hawk. However, with the cessation
of some of the more harmful pesticides, a slow but steady increase in the number of breeding pairs began
in the 1960s to 1970s. Now, the population has recovered, and the species thrives once more.
Today, instead of regarding the hawk as a “blood-thirsty villain,” it is more fashionable to focus on
Cooper’s hawk’s admirable traits: his agility and speed, his hunting prowess, and his feisty attitude.
So now, we are more tolerant of his appetite for avian prey.” Source: coopershawks.com
Like this:
Like Loading...
Near The Wave Entrance in the Coyote Buttes Wilderness Area in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona
— Image by kenne
Known for its colorful swirls of slickrock, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is a sherbet-colored dream world
filled with fantastical rock formations like The Wave, White Pockets, and Buckskin Gulch.
Like this:
Like Loading...
Vermillion Cliffs National Monument — Images by kenne
“I think the American West really attracts me because it’s romantic.
The desert, the empty space, the drama.”
— Ang Lee
Like this:
Like Loading...
Turkey Vultures — Image by kenne
“Old age isn’t a battle, old age is a massacre.”
― Philip Roth
Like this:
Like Loading...
Raven In Cienega Creek Natural Preserve In Davidson Canyon East Of Tucson — Image by kenne
“Obviously the raven with the unquenchable itch was at it again,
playing tricks on the world and its creatures.
Once by air, he thought, and now by water.”
― Mordecai Richler
Like this:
Like Loading...
A Tucson Sunset — Panorama by kenne
Beautiful sunsets need clouds in the sky.
— kenne
Like this:
Like Loading...
Nature Doing Its Thing — Bee On Prickly Pear Cactus Image by kenne
Like this:
Like Loading...
Trailing Windmills — Image by kenne
The orchid-colored trailing windmills is a vine that grows along the ground; the plant may be 10 feet across.
The stems, leaves, and buds are covered with soft white hair. The stems and flowers are sticky, and one rarely finds
a flower without grains of sand stuck on the upper surface. Technically, what appears to be 1 flower is a cluster
of 3 resembling a single radially symmetrical flower but no one but a trained botanist would ever guess it.
— Source: wildflower.org
Like this:
Like Loading...
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.”
— Alan Watts
Like this:
Like Loading...
Becoming is Superior to Being 
Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies On Narrow-leaf Aster Wildflowers (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
“And anyway, what is the difference between self-knowledge and self-obsession?
One encourages a defeat of the ego, the other encourages a feeding of the ego.
One a deeper experience of connection to ourselves, which enables a more
nourishing connection to others. The other, disdain for the deeper needs of the self,
which leads to disdain of others.”
— from On Connection by Kae Tempest
Share this:
Like this: