Cedar Waxwing Silhouette — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Spiritualists believe waxwings to be a symbol of selfless generosity.
The symbolism of the waxwing totem is believed to teach selflessness
and the practice of giving to others for their benefit, and not your own.
Waxwings are traditionally associated with the politeness you should have
when you give away to others the thing you have craved for or cherished for so long.
— James Common
Study — Image by kenne
A Female Phainopepla On a Chilly, Windy Morning In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Fiddleneck Wildflowers — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Climate Change — Abstract Art by kenne
black and gray
drowns
out the blue
oceans
full of plastic
poison
in our water
virus
in the air
deserts
are dryer
water
in the streets
glasers
are melting
forests
are burning
times
are changing
— 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)
Phainopepla In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
— kenne
Teaching Elementary School Students Geology in Sabino Canyon (January 2019)
Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) stopped offering their Elementary School Nature program in March of 2020 because of the pandemic. Since teachers are no longer able to bring their students to the canyon, SCVN has begun creating a series of videos, Sabino Canyon, The Canyon Classroom, and placed them on YouTube.
Several videos have been created to date. The most recent one is Harvester Ants.
Naturalist Jeff Hahn with Elementary School Students — Images by kenne
Desert Foggy Morning (January 14, 2015) Image by kenne
— From ‘Morning’ by Federico Garcia Lorca
“Death” — Photo-Artistry by kenne
December 29, 2020 Full Moon with Effects — Images by kenne
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area– Image by kenne
Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.
— Hunter S. Thompson
Flowers Outside the Window — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Gila Woodpecker On Saguaro Cactus In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
— kenne
Lines and Space — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Cecilia Beaux
