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Honey Bee On Arizona Fleabane — Digital Art by kenne
my nature photos
masking layers of art filters
creating my art
digital painting
colors become transparent
blending together
i have become a
digital photo artist
uniting my hands
whatever my tools
technology empowers
the will and desire
i seek to be good
i seek to communicate
not to be perfect
i seek the duende
to find my kindred feelings
in all that i do
— kenne
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Black Mountains, Arizona Geological Contrasts — Image by kenne
I was standing on the highest mountain of them all,
and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world.
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and
I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a
sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops
that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight,
and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter
all children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.
— Black Elk
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Vineyard Hacienda in Spring Valley, California — Images by kenne
It’s not uncommon for people in Tucson to get away from the heat by either going to the White Mountains, Flagstaff or the San Diego area. The last couple of years we have gone to San Diego.
On our previous getaways, we stayed downtown, near Balboa Park, or at Pala Casino. Wanting to try something different, Joy started searching travel sites and learned about Vineyard Hacienda. It looked like a really cool place and had a lot of good reviews, so she scheduled a three-night stay.
When we left the forecast for Tucson was 106. When we arrived in Spring Valley the San Diego temperature was 105. So much for trying to escape the heat.
Vineyard Hacienda is a beautiful place, tucked away from a lot of hassle of metropolitan San Diego. Having only six rooms, the Hacienda provides the best of a B&B and a hotel. However, upon arriving, we learned the Vineyard Hacienda doesn’t have AC, a nice fan but no AC.
The temperatures in San Diego tend to be moderate, which is one of the reasons why it’s a great travel destination. Having moderate temperatures in the summer is also why some authentic places may not have air conditioning. Under normal circumstances, this would be fine, but not during record-setting summer temperatures.
We changed into our bathing suits and headed for the pool for a couple hours before going out to dinner at a local beer and burger place — great food.
The next morning we learned that there was no water. Overnight the pump broke down. This was not good, especially since the forecast was for another day in the 100’s and no one seemed to know when the water would come back on.
So, with no water and AC, we headed for the Coronado Island beach, followed by lunch in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego. Since it was still too hot to walk around the Quarter, we decided to head back to the Hacienda and spend the rest of the day by the pool.
As we drove back, we decided, water or no water we were going to check out the following morning, cutting our trip short by a day. Late in a day of another 105+ temperatures, the water was back on.
— kenne
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Above the Dam
Water Flowing Over The Dam
Creek Flow At The Dam Low-Water Crossing
Three Panoramas of Water Running In Sabino Creek, the First Time in Months — Images by kenne
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Blackberry Season In East Texas — Photo Essay by kenne
A walk in East Park
Thick woods where the swamp drains
Into the river.
— kenne
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On this New Year’s day, taking notes from D. H. Lawrence.’s Fantasia of the Unconscious, I penned the following, with apologies to Lawrence:
New Year’s day,
Sunday at home
a light winter rain
refreshes the desert,
I ponder my mind,
psyche and soul,
whose trinity form
the powers of my
whole being
together speaking
in one voice, which
I can never deny.
When at last,
in all life’s storms,
my whole self speaks,
only to pause,
collecting itself into
pure silence and isolation –
perhaps after much pain,
the mind suspends
its knowledge, and waits.
It is then the psyche becomes
strangely still,
and after a pause,
there is a fresh beginning,
a new life adjustment
pushing a deep sigh
through every pore
fading into a mist —
a sense of mystery.
— kenne
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Hiking the Romero Pools Trail In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
(Larger Slideshow View of Romero Pools on Flickr)
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road
are the patience to wait for the right moment
and the courage not to be disappointed
with what we encounter.
— Paulo Coelho
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Blue Door — Image by kenne
Keeping still
is walking down over the dunes
when all my lips
would be boats
carried into port
by your body
beneath the benediction
of a day trembling
orange dahlias
above the pavement
in the alleys
in the doorways
in all the windows
where someone
is following the rhythm
yellow dark
dark yellow
of the birds
toward the river.
— Lucha Corpi
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Computer Painting by kenne
The meaning of a word
— to me — is not as exact
as the meaning of a color.
Colors and shapes
make a more definite
statement than words.
— Georgia O’Keeffe
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Fall Leaves at Peace — Image by kenne
Fall leaves at peace
still
holding raindrops
coming in the darkness
of night, understated,
still,
I wish the drops
would soak the leaves
as if to give them life
again,
connecting the ground,
breathing.
— kenne
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Bear Canyon Trail Above Seven Falls — Image by kenne
“I do not know if the desert can be loved,
but it is in the desert that my treasure lies hidden.”
— Paulo Coelho
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A year of challenges
has made us stronger and
more appreciative of life.
Peace.
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Image by kenne
A MESSAGE TO ALL HUMANKIND
Sometimes life is unpredictable.
It dictates things that you do not want to pursue,
nor do you wish to listen to.
But no matter how we resist life,
it won’t allow itself to lay unappreciated
and devalued for a long time.
For each day we live on this planet,
each breath we took when were awake
and each silent breath when we are asleep,
life is already in its existence.
For life is within us,
it envelops us in everything that we do.
It is there, silent and yet overbearing,
when we took our own paths,
when we mold our own destiny,
and when we choose wise and unwise decisions.
Decisions that might or might not
affect the way our life will be.
For no matter what path we choose,
life is always there.
Life is the essence of life.
Life is a God-given gift bestowed upon humankind.
Life is our life.
Without life, humanity would not have existed,
I would not have existed.
Life gives us the freedom to choose,
to see things in its pure goodness,
but above all, life gives us the ability to live on this planet.
For it is life that we found each other. For it is in life that we are one.
We are not only citizens in our own countries
but we are citizens of the world.
We are here because of life,
and we are here because we have life.
Live life to its fullest form.
Thank God for bestowing upon us life. Life is life.
— Unknown
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Joy and Kenne at Graber Olive House (Ontario, CA, November 25, 2016)
Display Case
Beginning of Tour
Graber Olive House Museum
Empty Cans
Empty Can Storage
Processing Vats
Canning
Labeling Machine
“This is a small family run artisanal olive producer
that still does things the old-fashioned way with
hand-sorted olives picked at the peak of their ripeness.
The Grabers don’t use the term artisanal,
but if there was one place that fit the term it would be this place.”
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Saguaro Cactus in the Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
“Ouch, not too close, I don’t want to get a whisker burn!”
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Becoming is Superior to Being 