Cloud Ripples At Sunset — Image by kenne
“Nature is orderly.
That which appears to be chaotic in nature
is only a more complex kind of order.”
— Gary Snyder
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Cloud Ripples At Sunset Leave a comment
“Nature is orderly.
The Trail Ahead 2 comments
The Trail Ahead — Photo-Artistry by kenne
What path will you take?
I wonder.
Was it over yonder?
Just maybe
It was over there.
Who knows?
You wonder —
Here, there,
Everywhere.
— kenne
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The Sky Is Low 4 comments
‘The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean’ — Image by kenne
A few days ago, Frank Hudson posted an analysis of this little poem by Emily Dickinson. I continue to learn a lot from Frank’s posts, his summaries, and music.
His efforts remind me of my sophomore English teacher, who was dealt the hand of teaching an all jock class of young boys. During every class, she would read at least one poem. She was like the mother taking her children to the museum, hoping to instill some humanity. At the time, we thought she was wasting her’s and our time. Time has proven otherwise.
Although I don’t have anywhere near Frank’s analysis skills, I enjoy reading and learning from his posts.
— kenne
The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean.
A Travelling Flake of Snow
Across a Barn or through a Rut
Debates if it will go —
A Narrow Wind complains all Day
How some one treated him
Nature, like Us is sometimes caught
Without her Diadem.
— Emily Dickinson
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Sedona Red Rock Country 4 comments
Sedona Red Rock Country — Panorama by kenne
“In Arizona we salt margaritas, not sidewalks.”
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Sabino Canyon Goes Virtual Leave a comment
Teaching Elementary School Students Geology in Sabino Canyon (January 2019)
Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) stopped offering their Elementary School Nature program in March of 2020 because of the pandemic. Since teachers are no longer able to bring their students to the canyon, SCVN has begun creating a series of videos, Sabino Canyon, The Canyon Classroom, and placed them on YouTube.
Several videos have been created to date. The most recent one is Harvester Ants.
Naturalist Jeff Hahn with Elementary School Students — Images by kenne
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Cactus Wren In Sabino Canyon Leave a comment
Cactus Wren In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
The male cactus wren
to attract the female
will build two or more
nest, usually in the cholla
still, he may not be able
to allure her affection.
— kenne
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Some Flowers For Your Day Leave a comment
Arizona Beggarticks Wildflowers — Image by kenne
Flower Gathering
I left you in the morning,
And in the morning glow
You walked a way beside me
To make me sad to go.
Do you know me in the gloaming,
Gaunt and dusty gray with roaming?
Are you dumb because you know me not,
Or dumb because you know?
All for me? And not a question
For the faded flowers gay
That could take me from beside you
For the ages of a day?
They are yours, and be the measure
Of their worth for you to treasure,
The measure of the little while
That I’ve been long away.
— Robert Frost
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Fall In The Catalinas Leave a comment
Fall In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
“Live each season as it passes;
breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit,
and resign yourself to the influences of each.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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Fall On The Mountain 1 comment
Mt. Lemmon Colors — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The closer you get to nature
the more your personal values
become your reason for living.
— kenne
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Occupy The Sky 1 comment
November Sunset — Photo-Artistry by kenne
November sunset
The color of falling leaves
Occupy the sky
— kenne.
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Eastern Collared Lizard 1 comment
Eastern Collared Lizard — Image by kenne
With fall in the air,
lizards will be out of sight
only to be seen on a rock
in the desert sunlight —
it’s the natural
order of things.
— kenne
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Now Lay On Your Eyes 1 comment
Autumn Abstract Art by kenne
Added layers to art
Colors and shapes change the view
Now lay on your eyes.
— kenne
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Early Aspen Colors On Mt. Lemmon 1 comment
Early Aspen Colors on Mt. Lemmon (October 8, 2020) — Images by kenne
Most trails on Mt. Lemmon remain closed after the Bighorn fire, leaving
many burn-scarred areas. As a result, photographing the fall colors will be limited
to Summerhaven and Ski Valley.
— kenne
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A Gila Woodpecker Morning Leave a comment
Gila Woodpecker — Images by kenne
Gila woodpeckers can be very annoying on our patio.
The chase off smaller birds at the feeders and they can be very noisy.
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Bee On Yellow Flower 1 comment
“Bee On Yellow Flower” — Image by kenne
“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.
The question of what to do with the feelings that have been aroused,
the knowledge that has been communicated. If one feels
that there is nothing ‘we’ can do — but who is that ‘we’? —
and nothing ‘they’ can do either — and who are ‘they’ —
then one starts to get bored, cynical, apathetic.”
― from Regarding the Pain of Others by
