Archive for the ‘Tanuri Ridge’ Category

An Old Creation Brought Back and Framed   3 comments

Sulphur Butterfly and Yardflowers Mixed Art (September 2012) — by kenne

Understand the relationship
Between a butterfly and a flower.
Understand the relationship
Between food and hunger,
Between drink and thirst.

But dear sir, let not the heart
Go loose without restraint.
Go apart from all and stay.

— Gajanan Mishra
 
 

A Cooper’s Hawk Visits The Patio   4 comments

Cooper’s Hawk On Patio Wall — Image by kenne


Cooper’s Hawk — Video by kenne

Greater Roadrunner Art   1 comment

Greater Roadrunner Art by kenne

Gambel’s Quail Smage Art   Leave a comment

Gambel’s Quail Smage Chalk Art by kenne

The piercing cries
of the Gambel’s quail
call the small flock together
after they scurry one by one
across the sandy wash.

— from The Mexican Poppies Have Unfurled by Wes Jernigan

Greater Roadrunner Portrait   2 comments

Greater Roadrunner — Image by kenne

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now,

For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

— Rumi

Anna’s Hummingbird   4 comments

Anna’s Hummingbird On Our Patio Feeder — Image by kenne

“Hummingbirds are proof that great things come in small packages.”

A Greater Roadrunner Morning   7 comments

Greater Roadrunner On A Patio Morning — Images by kenne

This time of the year in the desert is so pleasant. The mornings are cooler, so after a walk, I like to watch and listen
to the many birds coming to our feeders and water at the fountain. Occasionally, a Greater Roadrunner appears on top
of the patio wall on their way to get water at the fountain. I happened to be sitting there with my camera and got a few pictures.

Chipmunks Love Cactus Fruit   Leave a comment

Chipmunks Love Cactus Fruit — Image by kenne

Chipmunks love ripe cactus fruit, and this is the season for picking.

Summer Monsoon Clouds   2 comments

Summer Monsoon Clouds As Seen From Our Patio  — Image by kenne

Summer monsoon clouds

Below and above mountains

Soon, they will bring rain.

— kenne

Queen Butterfly On Buttonbush   7 comments

Queen Butterfly On Buttonbush — Image by kenne

“Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you’re a butterfly,

and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.”

— Elton John

Still-life With A Touch Of Yellow   3 comments

Still-life with a Touch of Yellow — Image by kenne

A touch of yellow

Adds life to these dried flowers

Even the shadows.

— kenne

Male Northern Cardinal   Leave a comment

Male Northern Cardinal in Our Patio Olive Tree — Image by kenne

The life that I could still live,

I should live, and the thoughts

that I could still think, 

I should think.

— C.G. Jung

Pyrrhuloxia At Our Patio Feeder   3 comments

Male Pyrrhuloxia At Our Patio Feeder — Image by kenne

A beautiful desert bird a close relative of the cardinal, which the less observant person
may mistake for a female cardinal, is the pyrrhuloxia (pir-ah-LOX-see-ah).

This Gila Woodpecker Thinks She Is A Hummingbird   4 comments

This Gila Woodpecker Thinks She Is A Hummingbird — Images by kenne

Woodpeckers have long tongues and can hang from the feeder containing the nectar, making it easy for them to raid the feeder.

Cactus Blossoms   2 comments

Prickly Pear Cactus Yellow Blossoms are Everywhere — Images by kenne

Texas has its yellow rose.

The Arizona desert has its yellow cactus blossoms.