Spring In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
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Spring In The Santa Catalina Mountains Leave a comment
Poppies Are Popping Leave a comment
Poppies are Popping In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing and defends
nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not by his own will.
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Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies Leave a comment
Bugs On Alpine False Springparsley Wildflower Leave a comment
Alpine False Springparsley Wildflower, Santa Catalina Mountains (July8, 2022) — Image by kenne
The tiny flowers are in flat-topped compound umbels. The flowers are followed by small, green, winged, or ribbed fruits.
The often parsley-like leaves are dark green and pinnately compound with highly variable leaflets that may be broad,
narrow, lobed, dissected, or entire. The stems are slender, leafy, green, and erect. — Source: fireflyforest.com
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Spring Flowers Along The Trail Leave a comment
Spring Flowers Along The Trail — Image by kenne
“I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing
and defends nothing,
but only knows where
the rarest wildflowers
are blooming…”
— Wendell Berry
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A Sonoran Desert Valentine 2 comments
Fairy Duster Wildflowers — HDR Image by kenne
She loves the mystical
power of flowers,
its bloom symbolizing
the human existence,
opening oneself to love.
As spring embraces the desert,
among the first to appear
is the dazzling fairy duster.
Present everywhere —
on hillsides, washes, and grasslands
throughout the Sonoran Desert.
These beautiful flowers
covey a touch of magic,
of having mystical powers,
charming her —
this mystical flower
in a mystical land.
— kenne
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Mt. Lemmon Columbine 1 comment
Mt. Lemmon Columbine — Image by kenne
I hold no preference among flowers,
so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.
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Santa Catalina Indian Paintbrush 1 comment
Santa Catalina Indian Paintbrush — Image by kenne
Love is like wildflowers;
It’s often found in the most unlikely places.
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The Dominant Themes of Life Leave a comment
Mt. Lemmon Western Sneezeweed — Image by kenne
The Dominant Themes of Life
Time present
Time past
Time Future
Timelessness
Identity
Memory
Consciousness
Humility
Place
Love
— kenne
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Lacepod Mustard Leave a comment
Lacepod Mustard — Image by kenne
Lacepod Mustard is a common species found throughout Arizona in various habitats below 4,000 feet.
It has a distinctive rounded or oval-shaped fruit with small perforations around its perimeter.
The plant is rather drab-looking and inconspicuous, but the distinctive rounded fruits are most exciting and
appealing. I captured this image along the Esperero Trail in Sabino Canyon, April 2013.
— kenne
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Silver Spotted Skipper Leave a comment
Silver Spotted Skipper on Green-headed Coneflower (White Mountains, AZ) — Image by kenne
Wildflowers near the road
Attracting bees and butterflies
Shadows from tall pines
Passing rain clouds
Scatted drops hit the ground
Ravens on the wing
All’s right in the mountains.
— kenne
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Sagebrush Checkerspot and Marine Blue Leave a comment
Sagebrush Checkerspot and Marine Blue On a Green-headed Coneflower in the White Mountains — Image by kenne
Come up here with me
There’s plenty to go around
My little blue friend.
— kenne
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Early Blooming Wildflowers on Mt. Lemmon Leave a comment
Early Blooming Wildflowers on Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains (May 17, 2021) — Images by kenne
Click on any image to see the flowers with descriptions in a slideshow formate.
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Another Year of Few Wildflowers Leave a comment
Another Year of Few Wildflowers In The Sonoran Desert — Image by kenne
Spring wildflowers in the Sonoran desert depend on fall and winter rains. When there are little to no rains, as
has been the last few years, then there are few wildflowers in the spring. The above image is in the Molino
Basin, where in non-drought years, there are plenty of wildflowers to photograph. This year there are only a
few patches to be found.
— kenne
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Wildflowers On Esperero Trail Leave a comment
Esperero Trail Wildflowers In Sabino Canyon (Spring 2013) — Image by kenne
What lies in the heart
of a hiker is that a
spiritual landscape exists
within the visual landscape
something fleeting in the land,
a moment when shape, color,
and movement intensify
revealing something sacred
leading to another level of reality.
— kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 
Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies On Narrow-leaf Aster Wildflowers (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
“And anyway, what is the difference between self-knowledge and self-obsession?
One encourages a defeat of the ego, the other encourages a feeding of the ego.
One a deeper experience of connection to ourselves, which enables a more
nourishing connection to others. The other, disdain for the deeper needs of the self,
which leads to disdain of others.”
— from On Connection by Kae Tempest
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