Archive for the ‘Prickly Pear’ Category

More Cactus Blossoms   1 comment

Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms — Images by kenne

Most people, when asked to identify a yellow spring flower would probably identify daffodils.
But, in the sunny Tucson area, most people would say the prickly pear cactus blossom,
or the palo verde blossoms.

Yellow is a warm and friendly color and most associated with is the sun. During spring,
it almost seems like the sun changes its light from a cold white to a warm and glowy yellow.

Posted April 25, 2022 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photographic Essay, Prickly Pear, Sonoran Desert, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

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Intense Drought   2 comments

Intense Drought in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Prickly pear cactus are among the first cactus to die during a drought.

Posted February 15, 2021 by kenneturner in Cactus, Information, Photography, Prickly Pear, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

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Art Adds Or Takes Away   Leave a comment

Prickly Pear FruitPrickly Pear Fruit — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Prickly Pear Fruit

In capturing the moment,

reality

is rephrased

making use of light and

angles between objects,

creating an illusion

of space and distance —

a new view of reality.

 

The new reality

brings with it

a rhythm,

and sound

resonating

with the soul –

hopefully,

with the viewer.

 

The image

becomes a model

of what is real —

what is real is

imagined –

the affirmation

of nature.

 

The artist adds,

or takes away —

still real,

but totally invented

and fully imagined –

the objectification

of feeling.

 

The new reality

is shaped

and nurtured

from the past,

erased and reinvented —

if the artist is lucky

the new image

will seem more real

and more true.

— kenne

Posted July 20, 2020 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Prickly Pear, Tucson Arizona

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Prickly Pear Blossoms — Photo Essay   1 comment

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Prickly Pear Blossoms (May 2020) — Photo Essay by kenne

Posted May 10, 2020 by kenneturner in Cactus Blossom, Information, Photographic Essay, Prickly Pear

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Autumn Leaves   6 comments

fall-leaves-art-blogAutumn Leaves — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Autumn Song

BY DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
         Laid on it for a covering,
         And how sleep seems a goodly thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?
And how the swift beat of the brain
Falters because it is in vain,
         In Autumn at the fall of the leaf
         Knowest thou not? and how the chief
Of joys seems—not to suffer pain?
Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the soul feels like a dried sheaf
         Bound up at length for harvesting,
         And how death seems a comely thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?

Posted November 15, 2018 by kenneturner in Acacia Skipper, Art, Information, Photo-Artistry, Photography, Prickly Pear

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“Here we go around the prickly pear”   2 comments

Sabino Canyon WalkPrickly Pear Cactus in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.

–– from “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot 

Posted May 20, 2018 by kenneturner in Arizona, Information, Photography, Poetry, Prickly Pear, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

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Prickly Pear Fruit Still Life   1 comment

Prickly Pean Fruit (1 of 1) art blogPrickly Pear Still Life (August 3, 2015) — Computer Art by kenne

Yesterday, the blossoms of the barrel cactus, today the fruit of the prickly pear cactus.

Posted August 5, 2015 by kenneturner in Capturing the Word, Information, Prickly Pear, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

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