Hummingbird Feeder Art by kenne
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Three Stages Of Hummingbird Feeding 2 comments
I’ve been watching the pattern hummingbirds seen to follow coming to the feeder on our patio, especially
Birds Near Tubac, Arizona 3 comments
Ash-throated Flycatcher Near Tubac Along The Santa Cruz River
Ash-throated Flycatcher Near Tubac Along The Santa Cruz River
Lesser Goldfinch In A Mesquite Tree
Albert’s Towhee — Images by kenne
One of the birding trips I went on during last month’s Tucson Audubon Society’s annual birding festival was to Tubac,
which is located near the Santa Cruz River. These are a few of the better shots I was able to get while there.
Since I live in the Tucson area and often hiked trails in and around Tubac, most all the birds we saw I can see from my patio.
The major difference was being able to spend time with birders from all across the country and Mexico —
an interesting group of people, if you get my drift.
— kenne
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –
And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I’ve heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.
— Emily Dickinson
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Zion National Park Leave a comment
Zion National Park (June 10, 2014) — Image by kenne
A park not to love
Dramatic rock formations
Ancient rocks of art.
Ansel Adams views
At the push of a button
We are the keepers.
— kenne
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Gates Pass Area In The Tucson Mountains 1 comment
Gates Pass Area In The Tucson Mountains — Panorama by kenne (This panorama was created by merging three photos in Adobe Lightroom)
The road through the pass
is narrow with lots of curves
and no shoulders for the
many bikers going along the
crest of the Tucson Mountains.
Sunsets in the Sonoran Desert
at beautiful, especially when
viewed from Gates Pass after
spending the day at Old Tucson
or Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
— kenne
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Monuments, For Good Or Bad Leave a comment
Image by kenne taken at an I-10 rest area in New Mexico (September 8, 2017)
For good or bad . . .
“the things that remain
to remind us of what we were
before we were without that
which prompts us to remember”
— from Monuments by Bryce Milligan
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Girl Atop Windy Point Vista Pinnacle Rock 1 comment
Girl Atop Windy Point Vista Pinnacle Rock (August 20, 2010) — Image by kenne
out on a mountain highway
two months after moving to
the desert southwest, with
everything new to my eyes
I didn’t have to look hard
for photo opportunities —
pictures were for the taking.
a popular stop on catalina highway
is windy point vista,
6,000 feet over the Tucson basin —
the views are gorgeous.
adding to the view
on this day was
an attractive woman atop a
rock climbing pinnacle.
hot desert summers,
I was too new to the vista,
too old to climb with her.
I never got her name —
with a body like her’s
who needs a name.
— kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 