Archive for the ‘Sky Islands’ Category
Arizona Madrone At Sunrise — Image by kenne
Arizona madrone is a small tree, sometimes a large shrub, found in the mountains of southeastern Arizona,
southwestern New Mexico, and northern Mexico. It can reach heights of 50 feet. The trunks of these
trees are gray and checkered, and the branches are reddish with smooth bark.
Arizona madrones are found in canyon bottoms and hillsides in oak-pine zone at elevations of 4,000 to 8,200 ft.
Look for this handsome tree while hiking in the mountains around Tucson.
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Fallen Leves in the Sky Islands — Image by kenne
Sky Islands are isolated mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico,
connecting two very different mountainous regions.
Sky Islands are places where you can see incredible plant diversity in only a few miles.
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Sonoran Spring — Image by kenne
A sonoran spring
A joy to experience
On its many trails.
Hike from the valleys
Through many biome changes
To the mountains high.
Many sky islands
Each having its own cycle
For propagation.
— kenne
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“Star Power” Silverpuff Blossom In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Islands in the sky
High above the desert floor
Share the monsoon rains.
— kenne
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Sneezeweeds Among the Ferns (June 30, 2017) — Image by kenne
we hike Aspen Loop
high above the desert heat
our summer retreat
sneezeweeds among ferns
along Mt. Lemmon’s stream
a trickle of life
— kenne
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Goldeneye In Pima Canyon — Grunge Art by kenne
My mountains,
Santa Catalina, one
of the Sonoran Desert’s
sky islands, presenting
a life zone tour
of desert,
grasslands,
oat woodlands,
and pine forest
where climate diversity
is equal to a drive
from Mexico to Canada,
with panorama views
of surrounding Sky Islands —
where less becomes more.
— kenne
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Becoming is Superior to Being 