Broad-billed Hummingbird — Image by kenne
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Broad-Billed Hummingbird Leave a comment
A hummingbird is so small you almost miss it—
It darts, pauses, and turns in midair,
Storms Over The Catalinas Leave a comment
Storms Over The Catalinas Viewed from Our Patio — Image by kenne
Storm clouds crowd the Santa Catalinas.
Lightning strikes the ground,
and the desert holds its breath.
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Photographing Hummingbirds Leave a comment
Photographing Hummingbirds — Image by kenne
A hummingbird may arrive or it may not.
The camera remains, patient and indifferent.
Photography often resembles this arrangement:
a machine prepared for a moment that cannot be commanded.
The image, when it comes, will seem instantaneous.
Yet it will be the product of waiting, of expectation,
and of the photographer’s quiet belief that significance
may reveal itself in a fraction of a second.
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Hibiscus Blossom on Our Patio — Image by kenne
Hibiscus Morning
This morning
the hibiscus opened
its scarlet face
to the sun.
No hesitation.
No rehearsal.
Just a quiet unfolding
from green bud
to impossible gold.
I stood beside it
with my coffee,
thinking of all the things
I postpone,
all the things
I wait to become.
The flower said nothing.
It simply bloomed.
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Broad-billed Hummingbird at Nectar Feeder 2 comments
Broad-billed Hummingbird at Nector Feeder -- Image by kenne
The feeder swings lightly in morning air.
A hummingbird hovers,
tiny engine of wings and hunger,
pausing just long enough
to remind me that beauty
rarely waits for permission
to be noticed.
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Bee On Lemmon Blossoms 2 comments
Honey Bee on Lemon Blossoms — Image by kenne
The lemon tree breathes light,
each blossom a small lantern,
and the bee moves among them
like a keeper of secrets.
What it takes, it gives—
though not to me, not directly.
Still, I stand in the fragrance
feeling included
in a mystery I do not own.
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Hummingbird Morning 2 comments
Anas’s Hummingbird On Our Patio in the Morning Light — Image by kenne
In the early light, the hummingbird pauses in air the way a thought pauses before becoming memory. Its throat flashes pink, then disappears again, as if the bird were deciding which version of itself to show the morning. I stand with my coffee and realize the patio has become a small stage, and this bright creature knows exactly when to arrive.
— kenne
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Cooper’s Hawk 6 comments
Cooper’s Hawk in the Patio Olive Tree Near the Bird Feeder– Image by kenne
The feeder is our promise to small lives.
The hawk is the answer we cannot control.
When he drops—swift, inevitable—
the air itself seems to close.
Afterward, the patio is ordinary again,
except for the silence that lingers.
— kenne
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Monsoon Rains 1 comment
Monsoon Rain Clouds as Soon from Our Patio (August) — Image by kenne
Across the wide expanse, the sky darkens,
not with threat but with blessing.
The desert tilts its face upward,
ready to drink the slow blue thunder
of monsoon rain.
— kenne
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Gila Woodpecker 1 comment
Gila Woodpecker — Photo-artistry by kenne
Gila Woodpecker
comes in loud,
like a drunk at noon,
runs the little birds off,
takes what isn’t his—
sweet red from
the humminbird glass.
I don’t blame him.
world’s built that way—
noise wins,
beauty keeps its distance.
still,
I raise my coffee,
to the bastard.
— kenne
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Patio Nightlight Leave a comment
Patio Nightlight — Image by kenne
A solar jar sits glowing on the patio,
quiet as a candle,
turning leftover daylight
into a soft evening companion.
— kenne
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Good Year For Lemons 5 comments
Potted Lemon Tree On the Patio — Image by kenne
Some years are stingy.
But not this one.
This year, the branches bowed
with golden lanterns,
each one shining
as though lit from within.
And I, rest among them,
felt forgiven
for every slight worry
I have carried.
— kenne
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Late Bloomers Leave a comment
Late Bloomers — Image by kenne
This potted cactus first bloomed in April, and now, in July, it graces the patio again.
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Landscape Butterfly and Hibiscus Blossom Leave a comment
Landscape Butterfly and Hibiscus Blossom — Image by kenne
One bloom, two hard wings,
motion framed by quiet breeze —
the world holds its breath.
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Oleander Blossoms On The Patio Leave a comment
Oleander at the Northern End of Our Patio with Ocotillo Blossoms On the Neighbor’s Patio — Image by kenne
