
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
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
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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Study — Image by kenne
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)
Desert Foggy Morning (January 14, 2015) Image by kenne
— From ‘Morning’ by Federico Garcia Lorca
Christmas Eve 2020 Sunset (Tucson) — Images by kenne
Christmas for two
— kenne
Poinsettia Leaves — Image by kenne
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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
Christmas Cactus Blossom — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
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
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
Celestial Patio Sunset — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Ripe Olives — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Gila Woodpecker — Images by kenne
Katelyn Turner (03/15/14) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Eyes Tell You
— kenne (07/07/14)
Kenne David, Katelyn and Kenne (07/06/14)