Archive for the ‘Wildflowers’ Category
Desert Rose Mallow– Image by kenne
Wildflowers
You belong among the wildflowers,
You belong somewhere close to me.
Far away from your trouble and worries
You belong somewhere you feel free.
— Tom Petty
Aster Wildflower In Late Fall — Image by kenne
Aster wildflower
Near a creek with no water —
No time for weeping.
— kenne
White-lined Sphinx Moth — Computer Art by kenne
I have lived my life as best I could not knowing its purpose,
but drawn forward like a moth to a distant moon.
And here, at last, I discover a strange truth.
That I am only a conduit, for a message
that eludes my understanding.
— Ezio Auditore da Firenze
At first glance, you might think these two images are of the same mountain wildflower.
Wrong, my friend, with the help of fellow hiker and naturalist, David Dean,
I’m able to pass on the correct identification.
Mountain flowers have a way of slowing the pace of a hike to the pace of a nature walk, especially when hiking with very knowledgeable people — Thanks, David.
— kenne
Western Dayflower, Commelina dianthifolia
(Mt. Lemmon, August 12, 2016)
— Image by kenne
Spiderwort, Tradescantia
(Mt. Lemmon, August 12, 2016)
— Image by kenne
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.
– Edna St. Vincent Millay
“Hey guys, it’s time to grow your beard!” Bearded Penstemon (Penstemon Barbatus) Image captured on Mt. Lemmon by kenne
Scarlet in color
An attractive love tunnel
Rufous to visit.
— kenne
Bearded Penstemon Wildflower (Mt. Lemmon, Arizona)– Computer art by kenne
“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.”
— Stewart Udall
New Mexico Groundsel (Green Mountain Trail, Santa Catalina Mountains, April 22, 2016) — Image by kenne
Just living is not enough…
one must have sunshine, freedom,
and a little flower.
— Hans Christian Andersen
Bee and Thistle Computer Art by kenne
The first thing he does each morning is look outside
his morning pray without words, a prayer of the senses.
As important as breathing to his being alive, he plans
his day to include time with nature to give him truth.
These are the times he commits himself to something
absolute — life, to beauty of being guided in art and thought.
— kenne
Mariposa Lily — Image by kenne
The Photographer
He moves along the mountain trail
carrying a camera over his left shoulder.
This has been a bad year for wildflowers,
only a few scattered here and there
tossed side-to-side by strong spring winds.
Most of the flowers he will see along the trail
he has photographed in better years of plenty,
still he hikes with hopes for the a few images
made special by his every changing imagination.
— kenne
Desert Lupine — Photographed in Sabino Canyon by kenne
You can find this beautiful wildflower in the Sonoran Desert below 3,000 feet. A member of the Pea Family, lupines have distinctive flowers with one petal on top and two on the bottom.
Bee On a Lyreleaf Jewelflower (March 3, 2016 in Sabino Canyon) — Images by kenne
These vase-shaped buds have pedals giving a tassel effect to the top of each bud,
opening just enough for bees and other pollinators to get inside the bud. This desert
wildflower has a tall slender stem and was photographed near Sabino Creek
in Sabino Canyon.
kenne
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
― Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee
Blue Dicks — Image by kenne
blue dicks wildflower
every boy plays with this name
double entendre
— kenne
Parry Penstemon — Image by kenne
The trail has become a school.
Why was I not surprised?
Sometimes hikers walk without a sound.
The hiker listens, as animals move
in their stillness to go unnoticed.
Just as the cancer entered her body,
unnoticed, without a sound.
Why were we surprised?
— kenne
Desert Chicory — Image by kenne
desert chicory
white but attracting colors
from natures rainbow
— kenne
Standing Alone In Grunge — Computer Painting by kenne
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
— Gerard De Nerval
