Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Lesser Goldfinch (Southern Arizona) — Image by kenne
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 — Image by kenne
Water reflections
Becoming nature’s mirror
Which is the fairest?
— kenne
Chipping Sparrow On Our Patio — Image by kenne
Panning for Garnets In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
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 — Image by kenne
“The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism,
but between education and propaganda.”
— Martin Buber
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
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 — 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 — Image by kenne
It’s time to enjoy
Sonoran desert beauty
In the summertime.
— kenne
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, Green Heron and Two Pond Sliders — Image by kenne
Sharing the same space
Having little in common
A communal pond.
— kenne
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 — 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