This time of year Tanuri Ridge is brightened with yellow Palo Verde blossoms under beautiful spring skies. This posting first appeared April 2014 with the poem, “Our Neighborhood — Trying to Reason,” which includes the line “pools of sorrow waves of joy” from the Beatles song, “Across the Universe.”
“Waves of Joy” — Image by kenne OUR NEIGHBORHOOD — TRYING TO REASON
We traverse these streets, sometimes early in the morning, sometimes late in the day, sometimes walking, sometimes running — always for a reason.
We wave at passersby, sometimes we greet them, sometimes it’s just a smile sometimes we stop and talk, sometimes walking together, always for a reason.
We have neighborly expectations, sometimes it’s watering plants, sometimes it’s calling the ill, sometimes it’s being complimentary, sometimes it’s being watchful, always for a reason.
We can be a convivial people, sometimes we go out together, sometimes we party together, sometimes we join clubs together, sometimes we share community work, always for a reason.
We can be adversaries, sometimes our expectations are not real, sometimes we overreact, sometimes we take reactions personally, sometimes power is polarized, frustration generalized, always for a reason.
We can be Pleasantville, sometimes we are without color, sometimes we are in pools of sorrow, sometimes we are in waves of joy,
sometimes drifting through my open mind,
always for a reason.
A Blooming Foothills Palo Verde In Tanuri Ridge (April 11, 2018, Tucson, Arizona) — Image by kenne
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.
This morning’s jog in the neighborhood was different, actually dangerous because of all the cars drove by the estate sale vultures wanting to be first in line.
Disclaimer: I don’t go to flea-markets, antique shops, garage sales or estate sales, if I can help it, so I jogged on by as people stood in line before the opening time.
Circling on around, I caught up with Joy who, out of curiosity had stopped by the sale now depressed by the image of someone’s life now with a price-tag.
She got my attention when she said the sale included a lot of cameras and equipment, so against my better judgment, I went in.
There laid out on display as if it were a camera funeral home, the photography life of someone whose emotional being was now a part of me.
At the moment, I decided to not let my photography life be on display for those seeking a bargain on something that would never again have the value it has for me.
sun and blue sky sunscreen and music seaweed hat and hot tub birthday 77 — thankful more sunscreen alone, why
existential moment
searching for clarity
becoming entangled
more sunscreen music plays on
time present
time past
now, conditions
timeless moments
caught in limitation
being and un-being
feeling easy
cause for wonder
sudden shift in
sunlight
more sunscreen
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.
“Waves of Joy” — Image by kenne
“Pools of Sorrow” — Image by kenne
A Blooming Foothills Palo Verde In Tanuri Ridge (April 11, 2018, Tucson, Arizona) — Image by kenne
Anna’s Hummingbird, Tanuri Ridge, Arizona — Image by kenne
Sunset March 16, 2017 — Image by kenne
Estate Sale In Tanuri Ridge — Image by kenne
Poolside, January 15th — Computer Art by kenne
View South Across the Tanque Verde Wash from Tanuri Ridge — Image by kenne
