American Snout, Spring Azure, and Two Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies on a Mexican Bird of Paradice — Image by kenne
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Four Butterflies On A Mexican Bird of Paradice Leave a comment
Orange Sulphur Butterfly — The Brightside of Darkness 1 comment
Orange Sulphur Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Brightside of Darkness
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Praying Mantis 1 comment
Praying Mantis — Images by kenne
In today’s world, “even the mantis has stopped praying.”
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Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly Leave a comment
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly — Images by kenne
my symbol of life
rests on a nearby flower
wings keep on moving
— kenne
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Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Art 1 comment
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Thou winged blossom, liberated thing,
What secret tie binds thee to other flowers,
Still held within the garden’s fostering?
Will they too soar with the completed hours,
Take flight, and be like thee
Irrevocably free,
Hovering at will o’er their parental bowers?
Or is thy luster drawn from heavenly hues,—
A sumptuous drifting fragment of the sky,
Caught when the sunset its last glance imbues
With sudden splendor, and the tree-tops high
Grasp that swift blazonry,
Then lend those tints to thee,
On thee to float a few short hours, and die?”
— from Ode to a Butterfly by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Butterflies Everywhere 1 comment
Cloudless Sulphue Butterflies On Mexican Bird Of Paradice — Image by kenne
gone from the desert
back to butterflies and bees
a record monsoon
— kenne
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Road Trip Preparation Leave a comment
Our yard and patio have a lot of drought-resistant plants, including several types of cactus and succulents. Additionally, we have a few tropical plants that need regular watering, even during the monsoon season. Irrigation being irrigation, meaning problematic, I routinely have to replace sections of PVC flexible hose. Since we will be gone for a little over three weeks, I’ve been working to minimize any potential problems. In the past couple of weeks, I have repaired four leeks and yesterday replaced the timer.
— kenne
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;
“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”
— Stephen Crane
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Texas Ranger (Purple Sage) Blossoming Leave a comment
Texas Ranger (Purple Sage) Blossoming in Tanuri Ridge after Recent Monsoon Rains — Image by kenne
“Where I was raised a woman’s word was law.
I ain’t quite outgrowed that yet.”
― Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
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White-winged Dove 2 comments
White-winged Dove — Photo-Artistry by kenne
the dove sits and waits
till I leave the patio
still, the feeder waits
— kenne
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Dove In Mesquite Tree 2 comments
White-winged Dove In Mesquite Tree — Photo-Artistry by kenne
we have eye connect
can she see into my soul
we will never know
— kenne
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Monsoon Sunset Leave a comment
Monsoon Sunset — Image by kenne
With just a few days left in July, Tucson has already received 5.71 inches of rain, making this the fourth-wettest July.
I have recorded 7 inches on our patio in the Catalina Foothills. This amount of rain will help Southern Arizona recover
from the ongoing drought, improving from a D4-exceptional drought to a D3-extreme drought (National Weather Service).
There are indications that monsoon activity will start uo again toward the end of the week.
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White-lined Sphinx Moth Leave a comment
White-lined Sphinx Moth — Image by kenne
Interesting creature —
is it a bird, a plane or
a white-lined sphinx moth?
— kenne
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Spread Your Wings 1 comment
Spread Your Wings (Two-tailed Swallowtail) — image by kenne
resting on a leaf
she spreads her beautiful wings
getting attention
— kenne
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Life Is All About Perspectives 1 comment
‘Weed’ On the Patio — Photo-Artistry by kenne
I have subscribed to The New Yorker for years and find it helpful to see things from different perspectives; some I like, some I don’t. Many great writers, some of which I agree with, some I don’t. It’s all a matter of perspective, which is what this poem is all about — It’s only boogie-woogie.
BOOGIE-WOOGIE
You shout from the other room
You ask me how to spell boogie-woogie
And instantly I think what luck
no war has been declared
no fire has consumed
our city’s monuments
our bodies our dwellings
The fiver didn’t flood
no friends
have been arrested
It’s only boogie-woogie
I sign relieved
and say it’s spelled just as it sounds
boogie-woogie
— Adam Zagajewski (The New Yorker, July 5, 2021)
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Bottlebrush Flower Under A Blue Sky 2 comments
Bottlebrush Flower — Image by kenne
Bottlebrush flower
Red cylindrical-shaped spikes
Under a blue sky.
— kenne
