Pistol Hill Panorama — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Pistol Hill Panorama 1 comment
Nature’s Art Wall 2 comments
Nature’s Art Wall — Photo-Artistry by kenne
This art is from a photograph of a canyon wall and like all things, it is living and has intelligence.
But, we like to think that it’s just a bunch of rocks and minerals, therefore not alive.
When I took the photograph I saw a wall alive, no different than a saguaro cactus,
and in the moment its being. By doing so, I brought my experience to the picture,
adding color, light, and contrast enhancing the natural beauty of the world around us.
It is alive and has intelligence.
— kenne
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Eastern Collared Lizard — Image by kenne
With fall in the air,
lizards will be out of sight
only to be seen on a rock
in the desert sunlight —
it’s the natural
order of things.
— kenne
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Smoke and Haze — Photo-Artistry by kenne
We hike the park trails
Maintaining social distance
Oh, yes, wearing masks.
— kenne
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First Time In Awhile 3 comments
Jim and John Walking to the Broadway Trailhead In Saguaro National Park. — Images by kenne
Yesterday morning and this morning, it’s been cool enough to consider hiking in the desert.
So, when Tom called yesterday and asked me to go hiking, I felt a rush of energy pinned up since the spring.
Normally the hot desert days drive us up to Mt. Lemmon to hit the mountain trails.
However, this summer, the trails have been closed because of the Big Horn Fire.
So, this morning Jim, John, Tom, and I met at the usual meeting place outside the Bear Canyon branch
of the Pima County Library to mask-up and carpool to one of the many park trailheads.
Here in Tucson, we are not currently experiencing the orange sky the forest fires have created in California.
But, we have a haze covered sky coming from the many fires in the western states, making it easy to look directly at the sun.
Signs of our prolonged drought are everywhere. Even normally, drought-resistant plants are struggling.
We spent about 2 1/2 hours hiking various trails and washes in the Park. My friends have been hiking
these trails much longer than I, and if you are wondering, I’m the youngest of us.
HAPPY FEET!
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Morning Sunlight in the Saguaro National Park – East — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Santa Catalina Mountains from Saguaro National Park — Image by kenne
GENEROSITY
She brings him the licks
of a good guitarist,
a jarful of sky
from the tallest mountain
she has never bothered to climb,
shows him the shoeprint
of her favorite thief,
melting in a bank of April snow
just beyond her bedroom,
and when she kisses him
she tastes
a bundle of berries
too numerous to eat.
She stares into his beautiful
bloodshot eyes, believing
she looks
like the perfect gift
with those ribbons
in her hair; he cannot
refuse the ample lesson
her body was built
to provide. She has only
to ask him once
to fasten the fingers on
and set upon her nightly,
learning the stops
and limits of her song —
the vibrato of the dark
the spidery scales,
the frets along her spine.
— Charles Rafferty
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Sunrise On Wildhorse Trail 1 comment
Sunrise On Wildhorse Trail (Saguaro National Park – East) — Image by kenne
“Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely
is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.”
― Paul Tillich
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Twin Towers 5 comments
Twin Towers (Saguaro Cactus’ In Saguaro National Park-East, January 3, 2020)
— Image by kenne
There is something
about hiking
in the desert —
I’ve met that
something.
If your heart
was like mine
you would get it
and be with me.
— kenne
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A Morning Hike In Saguaro National Park Hike-East (01/03/20)– Image by kenne
On the trail a morning haze
Slowly disappears as the sun
Lifts over the mountains
Across rocks and cactus
Leaving behind still air
Warmed as the sun
Moves desert shadows
Plants shinning with dew
A picture I try to capture
Lost in the passing moment
Hiking the desert trails
Looking down the miles
Collecting memories
To be lost with time
But not in mind.
— kenne
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“See You On The Trail” (Saguaro National Park, 01/03/20) — Image by kenne
See you on the trail
Dancing creosols stir the air
Lost in the beauty.
— kenne
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Hiking Wildhorse Trail In Saguaro National Park Leave a comment
After a day of rain in the Tucson basin and snow on Mt. Lemmon, Tom, John, Jim and I
hiked the Wildhorse Trail in the Saguaro National Park-East.
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Some critic tried to put me down —
“Your poems lack the Basic Truth of Tao”
And I recall the old-times
Who were poor and didn’t care.
I have to laugh at him,
He misses the point entirely,
Men like that
Ought to stick to making money.
— Gary Snyder
