American Kestrel Falcon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The rain has now stopped
Perched above the flooded wash
The backs fall away.
— kenne
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American Kestrel Falcon 2 comments
The rain has now stopped
Lesser Goldfinch — Somewhere in the Bush Leave a comment
Lesser Goldfinch — Photo-Artistry by kenne
A bird in the bush
Worth more than two in the bush —
Camera in hand.
— kenne
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Vermilion Flycatcher — Image by kenne
Blue sky and white clouds
A little bird in my view
The moment captured.
— kenne
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Sacred Thorn Apple Abstract Art 1 comment
Sacred Thorn Apple Abstract Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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A Christmas Day Walk 2 comments
Vermilion Flycatcher On Christmas Day –Photo-Artistry by kenne
Mid-morning on Christmas Day,
I walk the nearby wash.
The morning sun dissolves
An overnight dusting of
snow on the lower mountains.
There is little movement or sound
In the brush, the once dusty trail
Now packed by the winter rains.
Limbs of dead trees point everywhere
No longer making use of water.
— kenne
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Sticks and Stones Art — Photo-Essay 1 comment
Tanuri Ridge includes about 40 acres along the Tanque Verde wash,
which runs into the Rillito River.
Thirty-six years ago there were concrete picnic tables
under several big cottonwood trees.
Since that time there has been a flood washing away the tables
and a fire that destroyed many of the trees.
Now it is frequented by people walking their dogs and horseback riders,
and yes, photographers like myself.
When we moved to Tanuri Ridge in 2010,
I went for a walk down by the wash and discovered
different forms of nature sculpture alone the trails.
Someone was taking sticks and stones to create art.
Over the years, some of the art would be removed while new appeared.
I began to ask around and learned the art was probably the work of
David and Margarita Berg.
David was a resident of Tanuri Ridge when we move here.
During my first walk down by the wash,
I discovered a memorial to Margarita Berg.
Previously, I had met David in the community,
so I called him and asked if I might interview him
for a newsletter I was preparing for Tanuri Ridge — he agreed.
Click here for a link to that posting I wrote on David and Margarita, June 8, 2011.
Images by kenne
David no longer lives in Tanuri Ridge,
but it is evident that he returns to maintain Margarita’s memorial,
which has the same signature as the Tanque Verde wash art —
sticks and stones.
— kenne
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Turkey Vulture Out On A Limb Leave a comment
Turkey Vulture Out On A Limb — Photo-Artistry by kenne
First he said:
It is the woman in us
That makes us write-
Let us acknowledge it-
Men would be silent.
We are not men
Therefore we can speak
And be conscious
(of the two sides)
Unbent by the sensual
As befits accuracy.
I then said:
Dare you make this
Your propaganda?
And he answered:
Am I not I-here?
— William Carlos Williams
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Mallard Ducks On The Tanque Verde Wash Leave a comment
Mallard Ducks On The Tanque Verde Wash — Image by kenne
When the wash is dry
We find this pair in our pool —
Tell then we don’t share.
— kenne
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Lesser Goldfinch Day Two Leave a comment
Lesser Goldfinch Day Two — Image by kenne
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Yellow Larva of the Cloudless Sulfur Butterfly Leave a comment
The Yellow Larva of the Cloudless Sulfur Butterfly on a Yellow Wood Sorrel Plant — Image by kenne
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies:
know more today about the world than I knew
yesterday and lessen the suffering of others.
You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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View of Tanque Verde Wash On New Years Eve, 2017 5 comments
View South Across the Tanque Verde Wash from Tanuri Ridge — Image by kenne
Desert Colors
The warmest year on record
finally experienced a hard freeze
on a clear December night
when the cold mountain air
pushed aside months of hot desert air —
cold enough to bring out the autumn colors
of the cottonwoods and sycamores
near the Tanque Verde wash
on this last day of 2017.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
— kenne
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The Migrating Turkey Vultures Are Back 1 comment
Images by kenne
This time of year the migrating turkey vultures come gliding and circling in each afternoon from the north landing in the large trees along the Tanque Verde Wash. Our home is about 100 yards up from the wash, so it’s easy to watch for migrating birds. The next morning like clockwork, they start circling up around 9:00 am continuing their return to Mexico.
— kenne
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Sunset By The Tanque Verde Wash Leave a comment
Sunset By The Wash — Computer Painting by kenne
Thou that hast giv’n so much to me,
Give the thing more, a gratefull heart;
See how Thy beggar works in Thee
By art:
He makes thy gifts occasion more
And says, if he in this be crost,
All Thou hast given him heretofore
Is lost.
— George Herbert
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Turkey Vulture — Image by kenne
I’m a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.
— Debbie Harry
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Water’s Running In The Tanque Verde Wash 1 comment
Recent rains in the valley and snow on Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains has water running through what is normally dry. Although the flow is usually brief, one guy was trying to take advantage of the winter rains in southern Arizona. More rain is forecasted for tonight.
Rain and melting snow
Bring water down canyons to
The Tanque Verde wash.
— kenne
Tanque Verde Wash Between Sabino Canyon Road and Craycroft Road — Images by kenne
