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Looking Back To Spring of 2011 Leave a comment

Originally posted April 2011 on Becoming is Superior to Being. — kenne

“The only thing we can perceive are our perceptions. In other words, consciousness is the matrix upon which
the cosmos is apprehended. Color, sound, temperature, and the like exist only as perceptions in our head,
not as absolute essences. In the broadest sense, we cannot be sure of an outside universe at all.” — George Berkeley

Artist Along Sabino Creek In Sabino Canyon, April, 2011 — Image by kenne

Water

Pressure of sun on the rockslide
Whirled me in dizzy hop-and-step descent,
Pool of pebbles buzzed in a Juniper shadow,
Tiny tongue of a this-year rattlesnake flicked,
I leaped, laughing for little boulder-color coil–
Pounded by heat raced down the slabs to the creek
Deep tumbling under arching walls and stuck
Whole head and shoulders in the water:
Stretched full on cobble–ears roaring
Eyes open aching from the cold and faced a trout.

— Gary Snyder in Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

The poem originally appeared Riprap, which was Snyder’s first book of poetry. For Snyder, nature as divine, which goes hand-in-hand with the biocentric nature of his Buddhist beliefs.

— kenne

Posted November 26, 2021 by kenneturner in Art, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Creek, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Biocentric, Cold Mountain Poems, Gary Snyder, George Berkeley, Poetry, Riprap, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, water

Winter In The Canyon 3 comments

The Bluff Trail In Sabino Canyon — Panorama by kenne
The bluff trail runs a short distance from Sabino Canyon Road to Sabino Creek.

Posted December 26, 2020 by kenneturner in Information, Panorama, Photography, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Creek, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Bluff Trail, Panorama, Photography, Sabino Canyon, Sabino Creek, Tucson Arizona, Winter

A November Hike To Hutch’s Pool 2 comments

Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek Hiking to Hutch’s Pool — Panorama by kenne

One of my favorite hikes is to Hutch’s Pool. In the past, the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN)
would guide a fall and spring hike, each hike having a many as 15 hikers.
However, like so many things, not this fall because of the pandemic.
The trail is open, but not for groups.

— kenne

* * * * *

I bear many scars,

but I also carry with me moments

that would not have happened

if I had not dared

to go beyond my limits.

— Paulo Coelho

Crossing Sabino Creek Below Hutch’s Pool — Image by kenne

Posted November 18, 2020 by kenneturner in Fall Colors, Hutch's Pool, Information, Pandemic, Paulo Coelho, Photography, Quote, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, Sabino Creek, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Fall Colors, Hiking, Hutch's Pool, Pandemic, Panorama, Paulo Coelho, Quote, Sabino Creek, SCVN

Nevermore Its Name Leave a comment

Raven — Grunge Art by kenne

Nevermore its name
A fittingly cloudy day
Deep into darkness.

— kenne

Posted October 30, 2020 by kenneturner in Art, Grunge Art, Information, Photo-Artistry, Photography, Poetry, Sabino Creek, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Grunge Art, Photo-Artistry, Raven, Sabino Canyon, Tucson Arizona

Sabino Creek — Ash From The Bighorn Fire 1 comment

Sabino Creek — Ash From The Bighorn Fire — Image by kenne

It happens that I get tired
of revolutionary cafes
and peacock poets
of narcissistic reflexives
and the songs of the deaf.

It happens that I am terrified
by this hardened generation
that rushes out in search of absolutes
fashions names and blasphemies,
doctrinizes on the pros and cons
of armed struggle,
and meditates, with a beer in its hand
and a sour cry on its lips
on the cadavers of others

Who are we?
Those same parishioners perhaps
who come and go indifferent
along the streets
on the Day of the Dead
with our hands full
of death’s-head cakes
and our hearts in ashes.

— from Day of the Dead In June by Lucha Corpi

Posted September 26, 2020 by kenneturner in Bighorn Fire, Information, Invasive Plants, Photography, Poetry, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Creek, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Ash, Day Of The Dead, Lucha Corpi, Photography, Poetry, Sabino Creek, Tucson Arizona

A Recent Drive Up The Catalina Highway To Ski Valley 3 comments

Yesterday (08/05/20), I drove up the Catalina Highway to Mt. Lemmon. The highway was opened to the general public last Saturday morning for the first time since the Bighorn Fire began in early June. The mountain town of Summerheaven, successfully protected from the fire, is now open for business, although still having to follow HOVID-19 business regulations in Arizona.

Oricle Ridge-72 Oracle Ridge and Mt. Lemmon Fire Station

Before entering Summerheaven, there are two ridges going north; Red Ridge and Oracle Ridge. Both ridges were severely burned during the 2003 Aspen Fire that destroyed almost all the homes in Summerheaven. Over the years since the Aspen Fire, the forest canopy has still not returned on these ridges. However, a lot of ground cover containing some bushes and small trees had returned. On June 17th, the two ridges were again burned. On June 19th, I posted two time-delay videos of the fire coming through the area pictured in the above photo. The fire station and most of the pines behind it were spared — not true of the storage building and new growth since the 2003 fire. It has now been 50 days since the fire occurred. Note how green the scared area has become with the return of ferns on the mountain slopes.

Except for the highway and Summerheaven, the public is not allowed to go anywhere in the National Forest. From what I was able to observe from the highway, most of the hiking trails with trailheads near the highway are ok, at least partially. Parts of Lower Butterfly Trail and Green Mountain Trail don’t look good from a distance.

My guess is that the trails in the forest around Summerheaven were burned like the two ridges north of Summerheaven. From a review of burn scar maps, the Marshall Gulch area to the north and west, which would include Carter Canyon, has been badly burned. For those of you who hike this area, It’s possible a lot of the Marshall and Mint Springs trails were destroyed. We may not know until November.

Since Sabino Creek originates along the Marshall Gulch Trail, the monsoon rains can result in a lot of potential flash flooding coming down through Sabino Canyon. So far, the rain amounts are very below average, but we are still in the monsoon season.

— kenne

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Images Taken From Catalina Highway by kenne