Archive for the ‘Sweetwater’ Category

Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly   5 comments

Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly — Image by kenne

“Restless dragonfly, darting, dancing over the ribbons of trailing weed.”

— Arthur Christopher Benson

 
 

Posted January 3, 2025 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonfly, Information, Photography, Quote, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Blue Dasher Dragonfly   Leave a comment

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

 

Posted August 22, 2024 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonfly, Information, Quote, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Friends In The Pond   1 comment

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

Posted July 28, 2024 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Friends, Information, Nature, Photography, Poetry, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Two Abert’s Towhees In A Desert Willow   1 comment

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

Posted July 26, 2024 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Red Saddlebag Dragonfly   Leave a comment

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

 

Posted May 17, 2024 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonfly, Information, Photography, Poetry, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Coming Up For Air   1 comment

Pond Slider — Image by kenne

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”

— Plato

Posted March 27, 2024 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors   1 comment

Photo-artistry by kenne

‘Good fences make good neighbors.’

 

Posted March 26, 2024 by kenneturner in Art, Capturing the Moment, Photo-Artistry, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Dragonflies Mating   Leave a comment

Dragonflies Mating — Photo-artistry by kenne

All nature’s creatures join to express nature’s purpose.
Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and
butting is the very secret of nature itself.

— Graham Swift
 
 

Posted March 18, 2024 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, Photo-Artistry, Quote, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Blue Dasher At Sweetwater Wetlands   4 comments

Blue Dasher Dragonfly at Sweetwater Wetlands — Image by kenne

Warming in the sun

On this chilly spring morning

Life on a new day.

— kenne

Posted March 11, 2024 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonfly, Information, Photography, Poetry, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Red-winged Blackbird   Leave a comment

Red-winged Blackbird — Image by kenne

Blackbird up in tree

With a red patch on your wing

Stopping for a moment.

— kenne

Posted January 9, 2024 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, Nature, nature walk, Photography, Poetry, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Red Flame Skimmer   1 comment

Red Flame Skimmer (Sweetwater Wetlands) — Image by kenne

A red flame skimmer

At the Sweetwater wetlands

Here, taking a break.

— kenne

Posted October 13, 2023 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonflies, Information, Photography, Poetry, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Dragonfly Art   5 comments

Dragonfly Art (Female Roseate Skimmer) by kenne (09/21/13)

A twisted wire perch 

By a Roseate Skimmer

Just bring on the mud.

— kenne

Posted October 12, 2023 by kenneturner in Art, Dragonfly, Information, nature walk, Photography, Poetry, Southern Arizona, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Green Darner Dragonflies   Leave a comment

Green Darner Dragonflies (Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson)– HDR Image by kenne

 

Posted June 15, 2023 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonflies, Information, Photography, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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House Sparrow   Leave a comment

House Sparrow — Image by kenne

Posted March 3, 2023 by kenneturner in Birds, Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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Adult Blue Dasher   4 comments

Adult Male Blue Dasher Dragonfly — Image by kenne

What’s this dragonfly doing?

Looks like another insect has been caught in a web,
which has got his attention.

I’m not that much of an insect expert.

— kenne

Posted February 26, 2023 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Dragonfly, Information, Photography, Sweetwater, Tucson Arizona

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