Archive for the ‘Blackett’s Ridge’ Tag
Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
I am a lone raven high
above the canyon wall
circling up, then down
as hikers make their way
on the old mule trail up
to a series of switch-backs
opening into a meadow
where many options prevail
going east, going west
before turning back north
to the mountain called Lemmon.
I am a lone raven blessed
to fly above other mortals
circling up, then down
but still, I work hard to fly
seeing images of life below
inspiration of an alien being
a curious extrovert, I call out
taken as a signal by some
just a lot of noise by others
still unnoticed by others
neutral touches interwoven.
— kenne
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Prickly Pear Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Did you ever
trip and fall
on a cactus?
Try hiking
Blackett’s Ridge
in the light of
a full moon.
— kenne
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View West From Blackett’s Ridge Across Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
The path to Han-shan’s place is laughable,
A path, but no sign of cart or horse.
Converging gorges — hard to trace their twists
Jumbled cliffs — unbelievably rugged.
A thousand grasses bend with dew,
A hill of pines hums in the wind.
And now I’ve lost the shortcut home,
Body asking shadow, how do you keep up?
— from Cold Mountain Poems by Gary Snyder
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Sabino Canyon: View From Blackett’s Ridge — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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View of Sabino Canyon From Blackett’s Ridge — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“But what is happiness
except the simple harmony
between a man and the life he leads?”
— Albert Camus
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Blackett’s Ridge Trail Sunset (Tucson, Arizona) — Image by kenne
“Once we believe in ourselves,
we can risk curiosity, wonder,
spontaneous delight,
or any experience
that reveals the human spirit.”
— E. E. Cummings
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Blackett’s Ridge — Panorama by kenne
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.”
— Joseph Campbell
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Blackett’s Ridge Trail Sunset — Photo-Artistry by kenne
It’s the way we move toward each other
at night, tired, giddy after a day together
or a day apart, flush with newborn plans
for a holiday from daily life, in reality.
We are festive and free-floating. We are
poured out like a bucket of wild berries.
— from “Summer Surprised Us” by Edward Hirsch
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Sabino Canyon Viewed from Blackett’s Ridge — Panorama by kenne
My blog confirms that I have experienced each encounter in my life twice:
once in the world, and once again on the blog.
— kenne
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Tucson Basin as Viewed from Blackett’s Ridge — Panorama by kenne
“I love to soar in the boundless sky.
In the vast emptiness of the blue,
my soul rejoices
listening to the soundless music
of the wind.”
— from World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird by Banani Ray,
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Cathedral Rock Viewed from Blackett’s Ridge — Panorama by kenne
soft the sky
fills
and softly
spills
soft the drop
drips
gently down
and soft my foot
falls
soft the ground
and down the ground
fills
gently down
— Hugh Prather
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Sabino Canyon as Viewed from Blackett’s Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Come with me to Blackett’s Ridge
To hike a rocky switch-back trail.
A deep gorge designates the end
Overlooking converging canyons.
White clouds hang from a blue sky.
Now we wait for the sun to go down
When we will return to the trailhead
Under the light of the harvest moon.
— kenne
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View from Blackett’s Ridge of Sabino Canyon (11/01/13) — Image by kenne
Canyons, big or small
Gathering nature’s beauty
Takes your breath away.
— kenne
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Blackett’s Ridge Between Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon in the Santa Catalina Mountains
Image by kenne
My days as a hiking guide
May soon have long since passed
But, for this hiker, the trail never ends.
The call of the trail has not silenced
In the course of the coyote’s song
Echoing down through the canyon.
The pace may have slowed,
Canyon walls gotten steeper
Only to be balanced by desire.
But out there in the canyons
The ghosts of young trail runners
Brings back images for the past.
Casting strides to the wind
Hiking trails that have no end
Chasing trail-dust on the wind.
— kenne
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Sabino Canyon Picnic Site with View of Thimble Peak (February 2017) — Image by kenne
Thimble Peak (Elevation 5,323 ft.) is a landmark in the Santa Catalina Mountains on the ridge that divides Sabino Canyon and Bear Canyon.
— kenne
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Becoming is Superior to Being 