Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
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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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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November Sunset — Photo-Artistry by kenne
November sunset
The color of falling leaves
Occupy the sky
— kenne.
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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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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 (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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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” — 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 Susan Sontag
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Texas Crescent Butterfly — Image by kenne
I like writing about where I am,
where I happen to be sitting,
the humidity or the clouds,
the scene outside the window—
a pink tree in bloom,
a neighbor walking his small, nervous dog.
And if I am drinking
a cup of tea at the time
or a small glass of whiskey,
I will find a line to put it on.
— from In the Room of a Thousand Miles by Billy Collins
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Desert Cotton Blossom In Sabino Canyon (09/25/14) — Image by kenne
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Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
“What if our religion was each other.
If our practice was our life.
If prayer, our words.
What if the temple was the Earth.
If forests were our church.
If holy water–the rivers, lakes, and ocean.
What if meditation was our relationships.
If the teacher was life.
If wisdom was self-knowledge.
If love was the center of our being.”
— Ganga White
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Yarrow Wildflower On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
— Gary Snyder
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Sunset Near Tanque Verde Wash (09/15/11) — Image by kenne
Such a beautiful tree —
so representative of life.
Yet, we often see beauty only
in the foliage and blossoms
nature provides in one of life’s stages.
Why?
Beauty is everywhere —
there is beauty in death,
marking the stage so important
in the cycles of life.
This tree (image of) is amazing,
a sculpture in the face of the sun,
containing the shapes we use
to design our places in this world.
What image do you present
in the face of the sun?
Does it add?
Does it subtract?
Be honest!
— kenne
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Joshua Tree — Image by kenne
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes
of others only a green thing that stands in the way.
Some see nature all ridicule and deformity…
and some scarce see nature at all.
But to the eyes of the man of imagination,
nature is imagination itself.”
— William Blake
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Regal Horned Lizard — Image by kenne
“A regal horned lizard looks on calmly as a hungry coyote comes near.
All of a sudden—splat! The crafty lizard squirts the coyote with a
stream of blood from its eyes. Believe it or not, this reptile can shoot
the gory goo three feet or more! And that’s just one of its clever tricks.”
— kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/regal-horned-lizard/
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