January Sunrise, Tanuri Ridge — Image by kenne
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
— from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
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January Sunrise, Tanuri Ridge 2 comments
A Winter Day In Tanuri Ridge 1 comment
A Winter Day In Tanuri Ridge — Black and White Image by kenne
“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution
over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.”
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Nobody Gets To See The Wizard Leave a comment
Study — Image by kenne
“Nobody Gets In To See The Wizard, Not Nobody Not No How!”
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Stones — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Stones
I bring them from the mountains,
from the sea, from the edge
of streams and look at them,
heft them, hold them hard
while they keep holding themselves
harder. Is it because
they haven’t had to change
their surfaces in our time
though, in theirs, they’ve suffered
the blunt demands of ice
and water and wind and god
knows fire, been cracked and frozen,
thawed, made molten again
and again have started over
grinding and being ground
from monument to boulder,
to rock, to river stone,
to gravel, to pebbles, to sand,
to slurries of grit, to dust?
— David Wagoner
(Source: Terrain.org)
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A Desert Foggy Morning 2 comments
Desert Foggy Morning (January 14, 2015) Image by kenne
It is light made song
of romantic illusions.
It is soft yet firm,
full of sky and gentle.
It is mist and rose
of eternal morning.
— From ‘Morning’ by Federico Garcia Lorca
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Christmas For Two 10 comments
Christmas Eve 2020 Sunset (Tucson) — Images by kenne
Christmas for two
2010 was our first
Christmas in Tucson
we spent it together
hiking nearby trails
swimming in the pool
enjoying our new desert life.
over the years, we traveled
each Christmas
spending time with family
now ten years out
the curse of COVID
has limited our travels
we are together again
on Christmas Eve watching
another beautiful sunset
we miss not being
with family and friends
a price for the future
— kenne
“Spinning Song” — A Love Song
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Poinsettia Leaves 2 comments
Poinsettia Leaves — Image by kenne
leaves of red and green
with candles and figurines
decorate our home
— kenne
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So the shortest day came . . . 3 comments
Solstice Sunset — Image by kenne
So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive,
And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, reveling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us—Listen!!
All the long echoes sing the same delight,
This shortest day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!
— Susan Cooper
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Christmas Cactus Blossom 1 comment
Christmas Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne
almost like clockwork
the blossoms start appearing
each Christmas season
— kenne
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Rainbow Photos 2 comments
Rainbow Images (December 10, 2020) by kenne
After several months to little to no rain,
we received about one-quarter inch with some beautiful rainbows.
We are thankful!
— kenne
Rainbow Connection — Willie Nelson
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Potted Lemon Tree 1 comment
Patio Lemon Tree — Image by kenne
We have had a potted Meyer lemon plant on our patio for several years.
We fertilize and water it regularly. The record-setting desert heat this year
has been rough on our small plant. Some of the lemons formed splits in the surface.
This is the first year we have experienced the splitting. In addition to the hotter
than normal temperatures, we have had a little over two inches of rain,
which is about four inches less than normal for this time of year.
This year we still have 15 lemons on the plant, which is not a lot for this plant.
A couple years back we harvested 55 lemons.
— kenne
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Celestial Patio Sunset 1 comment
Celestial Patio Sunset — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Reflections are real
It’s reality that’s not
Artists make it real.
— kenne
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Ripe Olives — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Happiness is having three garlic and jalapeno stuffed olives
in your martini when you are hungry.”
— kenne
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A Gila Woodpecker Morning Leave a comment
Gila Woodpecker — Images by kenne
Gila woodpeckers can be very annoying on our patio.
The chase off smaller birds at the feeders and they can be very noisy.
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Katelyn Is Seventeen Today 1 comment
Katelyn Turner (03/15/14) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Eyes Tell You
Little girls have a mysterious power,
But not all can feel it – when she does,
You can see it in her eyes.
As she matures, she’s driven
To climb the tower of perfection,
Always resisting her indifference.
Her enigmatic power is needed
To stir the artist inside,
To triumph over the unenlightened.
In her way, she will find something new,
Something never before encountered
Placing art in a world void of feeling.
Inventive, she will act,
Sometimes seeking out failure
To turn it into a triumph.
Once her power is transformed
By the magical virtue of art,
Loving and understanding become simpler.
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Now that they return home, I ponder —
Children and grandchildren
are the beautiful mysteries
that drive our emotions
stirring each moment we share,
not knowing if the same emotions
transcend each communication in the moment,
ending in emotional question marks.
— kenne (07/07/14)
Kenne David, Katelyn and Kenne (07/06/14)
