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“A Zen Moment” — Computer Painting by kenne
Focusing
on the scene
I close my eyes
to what was there
now captured
in my mind’s eye
painting it with
my imagination —
taking a new course.
— kenne
What Path Will You Take? — Image by kenne
Gila Monster — Image by kenne
Frequent sightings
driven by hunger and
spring mating —
slow-moving
morning walks in
black, pink and orange.
— kenne
Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
I went out today
hiking in Bear Canyon
rock hopping
across the creek
seven times
to seven falls —
still integrating
awareness
with nature.
— kenne

“Looking Back In Time” — Image by kenne
Picture framed moment
The present is now the past
Looking back in time
— kenne

Rock Squirrel — Images by kenne

Parish Larkspur WIldflower Images by kenne
Conditions for wildflowers are much better this spring than last year.
Yesterday (March 20, 2015) we saw several parish larkspur along the Bear Canyon trail at about 2,700 ft.
There were many, at first glance I thought they were lupines.
Last year I posted images of a single parish larkspur April 16th near Hutche’s Pool (3,900 ft.)
— kenne
Seven Falls In Bear Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains (02/07/11) — Image by kenne
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
– Martin Buber
Visitors to Sabino Canyon were pleased to see water in the creek, the first time since the spring.
The water for now is flowing over the Bear Canyon low-water crossing.
Water is also going over the low-water crossing below the Sabino Canton dam.
Water rushing over Sabino Canyon dam.
Sabino Canyon Dam
Sabino Canyon Dam
Water rushing over the boulders at the base of the dam.
The area along the creek has been so dry that even the willows near the dam have dropped their leaves,
looking more like late fall rather August.
This ash tree, home to a Cooper’s hawk nest has also lost a lot of its leaves.
The water is providing a welcome relief from this year’s draught.
The creek will continue to flow as long as the Catalina Mountains receive Monsoon rains.
— Images by kenne
“A giant thirst is a great joy when quenched in time.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Two-tailed Swallowtail — Images by kenne
Double on the rocks,
Is this two-tailed swallowtail
Looking for its host?
kenne
Bear Canyon In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Down through the canyon
A window to wispy clouds,
Saguaro heaven.
— kenne
Bear Canyon Trail To Seven Falls — Image by kenne
Your head is humming and it won’t go, in case you don’t know,
The piper’s calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
— from “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin
Stay On Trail — Image by kenne
Stay on canyon trails
Short cuts causes erosion —
Sedimentation.
However, bushwhacking
Is hiking outside the box —
A thorny branch out.
Always on question
To stay on question, or not —
My “to be” question.
— kenne
Inside the Outside Snapshot — Image by kenne
Bear Canyon Trail Above Seven Falls — Image by kenne
Blessed with clouds
And only spotted rain,
Hiking the twelve-mile
Sabino Canyon loop trail
Down through Bear Canyon
Was rewarding and inspirational.
Entering the lower canyon
Above the falls
The clouds opened
Atop Bear Canyon
Kissing the peaks
Lighting nature’s altar.
Below the altar’s pinnacles
The Bear Canyon trail
Curves away from
The dry creek bed
Under which water flows
Feeding the seven falls.
The steep rocky canyon walls
Provide a stark environment
For plants to grow.
Even so, the stately saguaros
Are able to survive as sentinels
In this mountain sanctuary.
Offering a serene haven
For the mountain gods,
Keepers of the mountain ways,
To nurture the healing spirits
Honed by the ancients’ as
Guardians of the canyon trails.
— kenne
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