Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

Lesser Goldfinch   Leave a comment

Lesser Goldfinch (Southern Arizona) — Image by kenne

Painted Lady Butterfly   3 comments

Painted Lady Butterfly — Image by kenne

Each painted lady

Is a beauty to the eye

Is of multitudes.

— kenne

 

Reflections On The Water Above Sabino Dam   1 comment

Reflections On The Water Above Sabino Dam — Image by kenne

Water reflections

Becoming nature’s mirror

Which is the fairest?

— kenne

Chipping Sparrow On Our Patio   Leave a comment

Chipping Sparrow On Our Patio — Image by kenne

Panning For Garnets   1 comment

Panning for Garnets In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Kids In The Canyon   5 comments

Kids in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with bronchitis, which reduced my desire to do anything. Slowly, I’m getting back to normal, so I will be doing more posting.

— kenne

Greater Roadrunner In Sabino Canyon   1 comment

Greater Roadrunner In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

“The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism,
but between education and propaganda.”

— Martin Buber

Rainbow of Colors   Leave a comment

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park  — Image by kenne

The past cannot remember the past.
The future can’t generate the future.
The cutting edge of this instant right here and now
is always nothing less than the totality of everything there is.

— from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

 

One Big Moth   4 comments

White-lined Sphinx Moth — Image by kenne

This large, stout-bodied moth has a furry brown body crossed by six white stripes.
It has long, narrow, triangular forewings and shorter hindwings, with a 2½ to 3½ inches wingspan.

Ornate Tree Lizard   1 comment

Ornate Tree Lizard — Image by kenne

His movement

On the olive tree

Tells me my friend

Is still around

As one of my

Many patio friends 

Along with many

Other animals.

— kenne

Cloudless Sulphur On Trailing Windmill   1 comment

Cloudless Sulphur On Trailing Windmill — Image by kenne

It’s time to enjoy

Sonoran desert beauty

In the summertime.

— kenne

Sabino Canyon Lizard Walk   Leave a comment

A small group of us braved the mid-morning desert heat in Sabino Canyon to conduct an SCVN lizard walk.
(August 3, 2024)

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Common Side-blotched Lizard

Greater Earless Lizard

Greater Earless Lizard

Greater Earless Lizard

Gila Monster — Images by kenne

Friends In The Pond   1 comment

Friends In The Pond, Green Heron and Two Pond Sliders — Image by kenne

Sharing the same space
Having little in common
A communal pond.

— kenne

Seven Falls Hike   1 comment

Photo-artistry by kenne

The thin layer in which life exists is both fragile and resilient;

the earth does not need us, which is why we should care about it.

— Eric Walsh

California Evening Primrose   3 comments

California Evening Primrose — Image by kenne

Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.

–William Shakespeare