Archive for the ‘Sweetwater’ Category
Common Green Darner Dragonflies — Image by kenne
two green helicopters
hooked together
like they don’t give a damn
who’s watching.
the pond water barely moves.
a red-wing blackbird mouths off.
life keeps doing
what life does—
no speeches,
no apologies.
— kenne
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Great Blue Heron Over the Sweetwater Wetlands — Image by kenne
A shadow slides across the marsh
before the bird arrives.
Long legs trailing,
neck folded like a question.
For a moment,
the wetlands remember
what this valley looked like
before water engineers showed up.
— kenne
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Male Broad-banded Swallowtail — Image by kenne
A butterfly is a question
with wings.
This one asks it slowly,
circling cattails and light,
as though the answer might be
something you feel, not know.
— kenne
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Water Lily Painting by kenne
The scene feels almost meditative—
water lilies glowing
against the cool pond surface,
inviting you to linger a little longer.
— kenne
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Red Flame Skimmer at Sweetwater Wetlands — Image by kenne
Red flame in sunlight—
wing-flash skims the quiet pond;
ripples carry fire.
— kenne
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Flame Skimmer Dragonfly At Sweetwater Wetlands — Image by kenne
A flame skimmer rests,
perched on a dead branch,
its body a streak of fire
against the soft green reeds
of Sweetwater Wetlands.
The pond lies quiet,
ripples folding into reeds,
while wings of copper glass
catch the sun’s edge—
a sudden brilliance,
then stillness again,
as if the dragonfly
were holding the day
in its fragile grip.
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Variegated Meadowhawk In Flight — Image by kenne
Tail tipped in fire,
it hovers, angles, strikes fast—
a blur with purpose.
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Cattail — Image by kenne
Cattails stand like guards,
watching still water secrets—
wind forgets to speak.
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Costa’s Hummingbird Attracted to Spikerushes — Image by kenne
“Hummingbird darts lightly through the world, spreading its message of joy and beauty,
and teaching us to appreciate the wonder and magic of everyday existence.”
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Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly — Image by kenne
“Restless dragonfly, darting, dancing over the ribbons of trailing weed.”
— Arthur Christopher Benson
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Blue Dasher Dragonfly — Image by kenne
“The beauteous dragonfly’s dancing
By the waves of the rivulet glancing;
She dances here, and she dances there,
The glimmering, glittering flutterer fair.”
— Heinrich Heine
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Friends In The Pond, Green Heron and Two Pond Sliders — Image by kenne
Sharing the same space
Having little in common
A communal pond.
— kenne
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Two Abert’s Towhees In A Desert Willow — Image by kenne
Abert’s towhee, native to a small range in southwestern North America, generally the lower Colorado River and Gila River watersheds, is nearly endemic to Arizona but also present in small parts of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Sonora in Mexico. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist James William Abert (1820–1897). — Wikipedia
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Red Saddlebag Dragonfly — Image by kenne
As I age, balance becomes
more of a challenge
increasing my admiration for
dragonflies, their ability
to stay perched
on the end of a reed.
— kenne
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Pond Slider — Image by kenne
“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
— Plato
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