Phainopepla Grunge Art by kenne
“The Phainopepla is the Johnny Appleseed of the mistletoe plant. As it feeds, its droppings help to spread the mistletoe seed to other host trees. It is the northern most bird of a group of tropical birds known as Silky Flycatchers. The Phainopepla has shiny looking feathers which gives it its name, which means “Shining Robe”. These birds are closely related to the Waxwings.” Source: Birding Information
A White-Winged Dove Returns to Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
— Albert Einstein
Saguaro Blossoms In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
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“Things are Jumping in Sabino Canyon” (Canyon Tree Frog, March 23, 2016) — Image by kenne
Thistle (Sabino Canyon, March 17, 2016) — Image by kenne
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Cocklebur Art by kenne
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“Spring Break” — Image by kenne
Image by kenne
We humans focus too much on time, so much so that when a first grader was being told about daylight savings time and the way you remember whether it’s time to turn the clocks back or forward — think fall back in the Fall and spring forward in the Spring, she asked, “Who tells the birds to spring forward?” Of course the question, like most children’s questions provided for a teaching opportunity — birds don’t need clocks to tell them it’s time to get up or time to go to sleep.
And then there’s Arizona. The time zones across the United States all sprung forward today, but not Arizona. Like the birds, we follow nature’s clock — no spring forward and falling back for us. Since I come from generations of farmers, my wakeup time is earlier with the passing of each day – no sudden change to my body clock. As a result, I still hear the morning dove calls and see the return of the Western Screech Owl to roust under our entrance way. Life continues to change while staying the same.
Oh, if you live on the east coast, don’t be calling us at 8:00am, EDT!
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Bee On a Lyreleaf Jewelflower (March 3, 2016 in Sabino Canyon) — Images by kenne
These vase-shaped buds have pedals giving a tassel effect to the top of each bud,
opening just enough for bees and other pollinators to get inside the bud. This desert
wildflower has a tall slender stem and was photographed near Sabino Creek
in Sabino Canyon.
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― Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee
Evening Primrose (February 26, 2016) — Image by kenne
Desert Marigold (Sabino Canyon, February 23, 2016) — Image by kenne
— Georgia O’Keeffe
Brittlebush (Sabino Canyon, February 23, 2016) — Grunge Art Gallery Image by kenne
Canyon Rim Trail (Phoneline Trail in Sabino Canyon, January 15, 2016) — Image by kenne
Creosote Seed Pods — Grunge Art by kenne
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Sabino Canyon B&W Winter Scene — Image by kenne
Great is the Earth, and the way it became what it is;
Do you imagine it has stopt at this? the increase abandoned?
Understand then that it goes as far onward from this,
as this is from the times when it lay in covering waters and gases,
before man had appeared.
— Walt Whitman
