Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly On Mexican Bird of Paradice — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Lemons On Potted Tree Leave a comment
Potted Lemon Tree (August 7, 2022) — HDR Image by kenne
After almost losing our Meyer lemon tree last year, this year it has a lot of new leaf growth and about two dozen lemons.
— kenne
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Pyrrhuloxia On A Hot Day At The Feeder 2 comments
Pyrrhuloxia On A Hot Day At The Feeder — Images by kenne
Dapper in looks and cheerful in song, the Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal is a tough-as-nails songbird
of baking hot deserts in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. — Source: allaboutbirds.org
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A Thirsty Hummingbird Leave a comment
A Thirsty Hummingbird — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Water
Summer days are hot
Several gallons each day
Go in the fountain.
The olive tree shade
The fountain and thirsty birds
Nature at my door.
— kenne
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A Little Rain Overnight in The Catalina Foothills Leave a comment
A Little Rain Overnight in The Catalina Foothills — Image by kenne
the monsoon clouds brought
a little rain overnight
maybe more to come
— kenne
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Pyrrhuloxia At Our Patio Fountain 3 comments
We haven’t seen too many Pyrrhuoxias coming to the feeder and fountain this summer,
but this guy is interested in cooling off from our triple-digit temperatures here in Tucson.
This Pyrrhuoxia looks like an immature male because of the dark bill. Adults have a yellow bill.
— kenne
Pyrrhuloxia (July 17, 2022) — Images by kenne
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Heat And The Hawk A Photo-Essay Leave a comment
One doesn’t usually see cooper’s hawk standing on the ground, so when I spotted this on the circle
curb I got my camera, first being careful not to spook the hawk.
Slowly, I moved closer, realizing this was an immature hawk that might be having problems
with our 110-degree temps and was spending time in the shade.
The cooper’s hawk watches me closely as I continue to narrow my distance from the bird.
I start to move to the hawk’s right trying to create a different angle to photograph this young bird.
Finally, the cooper’s hawk began to move toward flight. — Images by kenne
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Cactus Blossom Leave a comment
Cactus Blossom — Image by kenne
I wait for the moment
I’ll return to the trails
as I did for twelve years
beneath Tucson’s blue sky
in some world of youth
and springtime. Give me,
Powers of the Universe,
the springtime but
spare me the child.
— kenne
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Yellow Is The Color Of Our Neighborhood Leave a comment
Blue Palo Verde Are In Full Bloom In Tanuri Ridge — Images by kenne
Palo Verde
Green clinger on arid arroyo rock,
Spring blooms of faded yellow you did drop.
Desert dry took a toll of leaf and branch
Leaving photosynthesis to your bark.
Life is tough, lizard kissed, so short and harsh.
Unlike upland cousins, you are blessed:
In your shelter rests a saguaro babe,
Whose stately arms one day will take your place.
— David Drowley
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Nurturing Each Moment Revisited Leave a comment
Santa Catalina Foothhills — Panorama Image by kenne
Nurturing each Moment
Tucson,
nearby foothills
home of DeGrazia
darkness,
low moving clouds
moving over the mountains
music,
blues in the air
coming from the Boonduck’s
Kika,
cat on the guard
lying low in pursuit
crickets,
sing in the night
adding to the aura
heat up,
roast in the day
cooling with the darkness
whiskey,
cool on the rocks
soothing the solitude
cigar,
smoke in the air
mixing with the night wind
starlight,
brighten the sky
pushing back the soft clouds
rainstorms,
in the forecast
teasing the believers
late-night,
clock in a.m.
seeking the morning light
twitter,
of early birds
singing of existing truth
outfits,
Lycra on two wheels
biking to the mountains
crossroads,
Sonoran sun
hiking Mount Lemmon’s peak
pleasure,
mind in control
nurturing each moment
— kenne
(Poem Written July 11, 2010)
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Clouds At Sunset Over the Catalina Foothills 2 comments
Clouds At Sunset Over the Catalina Foothills — Image by kenne
Want in a person
is like hunger in a dog, Spinoza
probably would not say.
His wakeful, solitary
reasoning plainly outstrips
my wildest intuition.
Yet insofar as my heart
is a boot with a hole in it, I think
this is what writing could be
—what he calls Nature,
an existence no longer borne
as means or ends.
— from Spinoza Says by Sandra Lim
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A New Year’s Eve Rainbow Leave a comment
Yesterday’s Rainbow (December 31, 2021) — Image by kenne
What this rainbow didn’t have in color, it made up for it in brightness.
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A Foothills Night Leave a comment
A Foothills Night — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Clouds move in
Over the mountains
Lightning strikes.
— kenne
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Questions Without Answers Leave a comment
Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
It’s peaceful to sit on the patio,
to sit under the olive tree
gazing at the autumn setting sun.
The mountains rise up as shadows
move across the Catalinas
soon to fade as darkness sets in.
The weather is kinder this time of year.
Soon stars will light up the sky,
completing the change from day to night,
becoming background for a shooting star.
Many questions without answers.
Is it better to know?
Questions without answers
are better left unasked.
— kenne
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Thankful For Another Beautiful Day Leave a comment
Another Beautiful Day In The Catalina Foothills — Image by kenne
