On The Tail To Thimble Peak — Image by kenne
Thimble Peak insight
We cross a windblown meadow
A path less traveled.
— kenne
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Snow In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Images by kenne
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Cold Mountain has many hidden wonders,
People who climb here are always getting scared.
When the moon shines, water sparkles clear
When the wind blows, grass swishes and rattles.
On the bare plum, flowers of snow
On the dead stump, leaves of mist.
At the touch of rain it all turns fresh and live
At the wrong season you can’t ford the creeks.
— Gary Snyder from the Cold Mountain Poems
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Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry 1 comment
Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
— Gary Snyder
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There’s Got To Be Some Necter In Here Somewhere 1 comment
There’s Got To Be Some Necter In Here Somewhere (New Mexico Thistle & Bee) — Image by kenne
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Santa Catalina Mountains Seen From SaguaroNational Park Leave a comment
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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Sabino Canyon Hohokam Ruins 1 comment
Since 2011, I have been a volunteer naturalist at the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
northeast of Tucson. The Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) have
partnered with the Santa Catalina Ranger District of Coronado National Forest to
offer educational programs for children and adults for more than 35 years.
Sabino Canyon North of the Hohokam Ruins
SCVN focuses on conservation, field trip programs for children k-6, nature walks,
guided hikes, and demonstrations designed to help the public learn about nature.
One of the most popular Elementary School field trip programs teaches children
about the Hohokam people who lived in the Tucson basin hundreds of
years ago. (“Back To The Past”)
The Clay Remains Of A Hohokam Adobe Structure
The Hohokam organized villages constructing pithouses, sunken earthen, and
adobe structures with pounded floors and thatch roofs. To provide children at least
a basic understanding of the Hohokam, our naturalist training includes
presentations from anthropologists such as Drs. Paul and Suzanne Fish, who have
written on the “Hohokam Millennium.”
Larry Conyers Hiking Down To The Sabino Canyon Hohokam Ruins
As a member of SCVN, I have been provided just enough information “to be
dangerous.” So, one day when I was having a conversation with my neighbor and
anthropologist Larry Conyers, he asked me if I knew of the Hohokam ruins south of
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area near the old Fenster Boarding School. Maybe I had
been told about ruins, but when asked, I had no recollection.
The Fenster Boarding School In The Distance On The Right
Larry told me he was familiar with the ruins site, having had a Masters’s Degree
student (Daniel Shereff ), who had done a thesis (Hohokam Population Dynamics:
Settlement Organization and Migration at the Sabino Canyon Ruin Site, Arizona) about the site.
Larry Conyers Exploring The Ruins Site
We agreed on a day and time we would go to Sabino Canyon Recreation Area,
walk the Bear Canyon Trail before crossing the fenceline of the southern Canyon boundary.
Pieces of Pottery Placed On Nearby Stones
Larry and I spent a little over two hours in the ruins site, so this posting is only
meant to be a “snapshot” of what we experienced. The body of the posting content
contains links to additional anthropological information on the Sabino Canyon Ruins.
Sabino Canyon Hohokam Ruin Video
Photos and Video by kenne
Related Site: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center
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Hiking Ventana Canyon Trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Images by kenne
