Archive for the ‘Wildflowers’ Category
This time of year Picacho Peak State Park is an excellent example of the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert.
Plants are at the greenest and wildflowers provide dots of color on the desert canvass.
The canvass of the desert
may appear to have no order.
Yet it is orderly,
but we don’t know why.
A poet has said;
If you want to know
where the flowers came from,
not even the spring goddess knows.
— kenne
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Images by kenne
Desert Lupine — Image by kenne
We walk
the lower canyon
after spring rains.
The creek
runs swiftly from
mountain snow pelt.
Cottonwoods
beginning to leaf,
wildflowers
cover the ground —
a new cycle of life.
— kenne
Desert Globemallow (Shaeralcea ambigua) In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
Sabino Canyon
A place to walk in nature
Especially now.
— kenne
Early Wildflowers in Sabino Canyon (Bearded cryptantha) — Image by kenne
Often unnoticed
Small and scattered loneliness
More effort required.
— kenne
Arizona Thistle On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love in your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free.
— Tom Petty
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly On a New Mexico Thistle — Image by kenne
We love butterflies
Deciding among flowers
This one or that one.
— kenne
Mexican Fritillary Butterfly — Photo Artistry by kenne
I’ve watched you now a full half-hour;
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly! Indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless! – not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!
~William Wordsworth, “To a Butterfly”
Blooming Brittlebush — Image by kenne
I attend to this moment
less it goes unattended
by the bee flying
in and out of time
only to be lost in a
wild thyme unseen
just to be conquered
and reconciled again.
— kenne
Arizona Fleabane — Image by kenne
“May your life be like a wildflower growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.”
— Native American Proverb
Yellow Monkey Wildflower — Image by kenne
Some of the natural lighting at the time of taking the photo and Photoshop help create this colorful image.
— kenne
Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light.
Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.
— George Eastman
Yellow Wallflower — Grunge Art by kenne
Yellow wallflower
Mounted in a classic frame
Please speak to me, dear.
— kenne
Caliche Globemallow — Image by kenne
My legacy –
What will it be?
Flowers in spring,
The cuckoo in summer,
And the crimson maples
Of autumn …
— Ryokan
Saguaro Blossoms
Ocotillo Blossoms
Palo Verde Blossons
Spring in Sabino Canyon
Desert Hibiscus
Signs Of Spring In The Desert — Photo Essay by kenne
Desert Song
I thirst
for your rivers
your rippling mesas of sand
gold mirrors
on your sinuous curves
I thirst
for the saguaro
for the sweet juice of cactus
in the prickling sweat
of a desert sun
I thirst
for the searing of hot valleys
the bend of shimmer and heat
that bow that arcs the arrow
toward this center, my heart
I thirst
for the bloom, the sweet
languorous smells
this subtle perfume
elusive, as the scuttle of desert life
I thirst
for this tallest, deepest night
of stars and silence
when the moon is only a moon
silvering this light
— Ruth Housman
“Stages” (Silverpuff Wildflower) — Image by kenne
“It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wildflowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover.”
— Shannon L. Alder
“Suddenly It’s Spring” — Image by kenne
Suddenly it’s spring
Colors of winter
Turning into yesterday’s
Dark inner soul.
Suddenly it’s spring
Winter’s fading landscape
Exploding bright colors
Nature’s paint by numbers.
Suddenly it’s spring
Renewing old dreams
My wanderlust drifting
Opened to the sky.
Suddenly it’s spring
Nature’s voices sing
Awaken longing spirits
Laced with poetry.
Suddenly it’s spring
Tamed love burns
Attracted by fire colors
A virgin again.
Suddenly it’s spring
Fresh silky skin
Milk and honey
Luring new loves.
Suddenly it’s spring . . . again.
kenne
