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Fly On A Cowpen Daisy   2 comments

Image by kenne

Fly on a Cowpen Daisy

Down by the wash,
a cowpen daisy sways,
a fly pauses—
Ptilodexia, they call it.

It tastes the sun,
turns its head to the wind,
drinks the day
like a man lifting a whiskey
on a long, slow afternoon.

Life here is stubborn,
small as a fly,
big as the sky,
and it doesn’t ask
for anything but time
to do its work.

I watch.
Photograph.
Some days,
that’s enough.

Posted October 30, 2025 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

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Cowpen Daisy Art — A Solo Gift   2 comments

Cowpen Daisy — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Last Thursday (May 5, 2021), I posted a photo of the lone wildflower (Cowpen Daisy) on a trail along the Tanque
Verde Wash between Sabino Canyon Road and Craycroft Road. Our community, Tanuri Ridge, is located north of the
wash, where I sometimes walk over four miles up and back along the wash. This is an art piece from the photo.

A good friend commented on the May 5th posting; “These solo gifts, especially, should be celebrated!” With this art posting, I celebrate it again.

— kenne

Posted May 9, 2021 by kenneturner in Art, Information, Photo-Artistry, Tanque Verde Wash, Tanuri Ridge, Tucson Arizona

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Cowpen Daisy   6 comments

Cowpen Daisy In Tanque Verde Wash (Tucson, Arizona) — Image by kenne

Morning walks along the wash

months have passed since water

flowed above ground down to the river.

A lone daisy takes on the odds

standing in the parched sand

having found the right place

to display its beauty.

— kenne

Posted May 6, 2021 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Information, Photography, Poetry, Tanque Verde Wash, Tucson Arizona

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