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Mushroom Blossom   2 comments

SCVN Summer Hike 07-20-12Mushroom Blossom, Mt Lemmon, AZ — Image by kenne

A mushroom blossom
Doesn’t attract butterflies,
But pleasing beetle.

A pleasing beetle
Is not a lady beetle,
Black on blue not red.

— kenne

Posted August 2, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Art, Capturing the Moment, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Mushroom, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona

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How’s Your Beard?   Leave a comment

“Hey guys, it’s time to grow your beard!”  Bearded Penstemon (Penstemon Barbatus) Image captured on Mt. Lemmon by kenne

Scarlet in color

An attractive love tunnel

Rufous to visit.

— kenne

Posted July 27, 2016 by kenneturner in Information, Mt. Lemmon, Photography, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona, Wildflowers

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Common Mullein   1 comment

SCVN Nature Walk July 18 2012Bee on Common Mullein Blossoms — Image by kenne

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

— John Muir

Posted July 22, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Capturing the Moment, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Nikon D800, Photography, Quote, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona

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Leopold Point   4 comments

 

Hiking group (1 of 1)-6 blog framedHikers at Leopold Point signing, JOY, to my wife who is recovering from surgery — thanks for the kindness. (June 24, 2016)
— Images by kenne

Leopold Point

We hike the Catalina trials
around bid boulders
under the giant ponderosas
opening to fern meadows.

We reach the ridge
above the pine tops
sharing our unceasing
love for the splendid views.

We are nature enthusiasts
devoted to nurturing our senses
connecting more deeply
with life’s experiences.

We follow the trial
to Leopold Point
a special place to sit
in group solidarity.

We chatter away
while being mindful
to capture a moment
in brief solitude.

We have learned
the value of moment
by moment awareness
in connecting to nature.

— kenne

Click on any of the following tiled images to see in a slideshow format.

“Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent.” 

— Richard Louv

Posted June 26, 2016 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Friends, Guided Hikes, Hiking, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Nevada, Nikon D800, Photographic Essay, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes

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Hiking Box Camp Trail   2 comments

Hiking Group (1 of 1) blogSCVN Friday Hike (Box Camp Trail, June 10, 2016) — Images by kenne

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Box Camp Trail Slideshow — Images by kenne

Panorama (1 of 1) blogForest Panorama by kenne

 

Posted June 14, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Hiking, Information, Nikon D800, Photographic Essay, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona

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Towering Douglas Fir Crashes Across the Meadow Trail   Leave a comment

Downed Mt Lemmon Tree (1 of 1) blog

The SCVN Friday hikes on Mt. Lemmon began June 3rd. Part of the hike was on the Meadow trail, which goes through a pine thicket that includes some very large Douglas Firs. On May 4th a 100 feet tall Douglas Fir crashed across the Meadow trail.

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Tree ring experts at the University of Arizona estimate the tree was over 300 years old. There had recently been strong winds on the mountain, but it’s still anyone guess that this towering tree toppled. This tree was still relatively young compared to the largest Douglas Fir on Mt. Lemmon, which dates back to the year 1320.

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A temporary trail now goes around the fallen tree.

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A Forest Service volunteer has begun cutting away large limbs and a large section of the trunk, which will allow hikers to follow the original trail.

Downed Mt Lemmon Tree (1 of 1)-5 blogImages and video by kenne

Fallen Douglas Fir On Mt. Lemmon Video

 

Posted June 5, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, End of Life, Forest Service, Hiking, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Nikon D800, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona, video

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Western Sneezeweed   2 comments

Mt Lemmon Wildflower (1 of 1)-2 blogWestern Sneezeweed (Mt. Lemmon, June 3, 2016)– Image by kenne

The above wildflower was difficult to recognize this time of year, being early June vs. late August on Mt. Lemmon. But with the help of some of my naturalists friends the mystery plant is western sneezeweed, of which I have posted several times. 

butterfly-collage-blogWestern Sneezeweed with Painted Lady Butterfly Collage (Mt. Lemmon, August 31, 2012) — Image by kenne

Posted June 5, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Butterflies, Capturing the Moment, Desert Landscape, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Mt. Lemmon Trail, Naturalists, Nikon D800, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona

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Guiding Hikers On The Bug Springs Trail   1 comment

Bug Springs 2012Panorama View Toward Catalina Highway  from Bug Springs Trail Ridgetop– Image by kenne

Bug Springs

You leave the trailhead
leading five others
turning left at the fork
until a half-mile out
your realize you have
taken the Green Mountain
trail, not the Bug Springs trail.

You discuss the options
with your fellow hikers,
proceed on, or turn back
to the fork — this was
suppose to be the
Bug Springs Friday hike,
so we turned back.

Out of a sense of modesty,
not wanting to avoid the truth,
you explain that an abundance
of life’s distractions
have dulled your focus.
Because of your wrong turn
you suggest it was just a warmup

as you start the steep climb
up the maintain trail.
To pace the climb
you stop to point out
the manzanitas scrubs
with their twisting branches
of burnished red bark

covered with spring blooms.
It was not many years ago
you were learning about
the manzanitas, whose
name literally means
little apple after its
bright red berries.

Manzanita (1 of 1) Little Apple blogManzanita, español for “little apple” — Image by kenne

Reaching the ridge top
you point a panorama
finger toward the valley
below moving up along
the lower ridges following
the many back and forth
turns of the Catalina highway.

The trail winds down
as the vegetation changes
a few spring flowers
line the trail, you keep
a cautious eye out for
occasional mountain bikers
who favor Bug Springs.

— kenne

Bug Springs Fall 2012One of the many inspiring views from the Bug Springs trail. — Image by kenne

Posted April 17, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Capturing the Moment, Hiking, Information, Inspiration, Poetry, SCVN Friday Hikes, Sonoran Desert

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Capturing The Moment –Fairy Duster   Leave a comment

Fairy Duster (1 of 1) art blogFairy Duster — Image by kenne

Fairy Dusters dance to the mountain winds

dusting the air with the magic of color

staging the return of spring.

— kenne

”Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”

— Carl Sandburg

Posted March 2, 2016 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, Nikon D800, Photography, Poetry, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes, Sonoran Desert, Spreading Dogbane

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Capturing The Moment — Mexican Vervain   Leave a comment

Mexican Vervain (Ventana Canyon to Maiden Pools Hike, February 26, 2016) — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to see larger view in a slideshow format.)

Only Earth. Earth.
Earth for trembling tablecloths,
for a cloud’s vicious eyeball,
for recent wounds and dampened thoughts.
Earth for everything the flees from earth.

— from Earth and Moon by Federico Garcia Lorca

Posted February 28, 2016 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Catalina Foothills, Guided Hikes, Hiking, Information, Naturalists, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona

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Looking Back At You   1 comment

Squrrel (1 of 1)-2_blog“Looking Back At You” — Image by kenne

 

Posted January 29, 2016 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Nikon D800, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN Friday Hikes, Tucson Arizona

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Milagrosa Loop Trail, December 4, 2015   1 comment

 

Milagrosa Loop Trail — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images for larger view in a slideshow format.)

 

Posted December 5, 2015 by kenneturner in Coconino National Forest, Guided Hikes, Information, Nikon D800, Photography, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, SCVN Friday Hikes, Sonoran Desert

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Forgotten Dreams In An Abandoned Ranch House   2 comments

Milagrosa Loop (1 of 1)-9 art blogForgotten Dreams In An Abandoned Ranch House — Computer Art By kenne

Forgotten Dreams

Every trail has a past.
Hundreds of hikers have
walked its rocky path
sharing stories laced
with embellished truths,
myths and legends.

Combining several trails
that loop through
the La Milagrosa and
Agua Caliente Canyons,
we began our hike
walking down Horsehead Road

through a gated community
before taking a rocky 4WD road
to the La Milagrosa Ridge trail
passing by an abandoned ranch house —
light now shines through its roof,
giving exit to forgotten dreams.

— kenne

Posted December 5, 2015 by kenneturner in Computer Art, Grange Art, Guided Hikes, Hiking, Information, Nikon D800, Photography, Photoshop, Poetry, SCVN Friday Hikes, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

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Carillo Trail   1 comment

Carillo Trail (1 of 1)_edited-1 blogCarillo Trail — Image by kenne

The Carillo Trail will be part of  the Douglas Springs Trail, Garwood Trail and Carillo Trail Loop we will be hiking on December 18th.

kenne

Posted December 1, 2015 by kenneturner in Hiking, Information, Nikon D800, SCVN Friday Hikes, Sonoran Desert

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Wildflowers In The Upper Canyon   1 comment

Still Plenty of Wildflowers On Our Hike To Hutch’s Pool In The Santa Catalina Mountains (November 13, 2015)– Images by kenne

 

 

Posted November 28, 2015 by kenneturner in Fall, Flowers, Hiking, Information, Nature, Nikon D800, Sabino Canyon, SCVN Friday Hikes

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