Brown Pelican Taking Off Over Lake Houston — Images by Hugh Poland
On New Year’s Eve, Hugh and I spent some time in Kingwood’s East End Park.
His images of this pelican turned out better than mine.
— kenne
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Brown Pelican, Lake Houston Leave a comment
A Walk In East End Park Leave a comment
A Short Walk In East End Park, Kingwood, Texas (December 28, 2022) — Images by kenne
After getting caught in a sudden rainstorm the day before, it was nice to see blue skies on the morning of the 28th.
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White Pelicans In Flight Over Lake Houston Leave a comment
American White Pelicans White Over in East Texas — Photo Gallery by kenne
Lakes, marshes, salt bays. In breeding season mostly inland, nesting on isolated islands in lakes and feeding on shallow lakes, rivers, marshes.
Feeding areas may be miles from nesting sites. Also breeds locally on coastal islands. Flocks in migration stop on lakes, rivers.
Winters mainly along coast, on shallow, protected bays and estuaries, also on large lakes in warm climates. Source: audubon.org
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The World Still Grows 1 comment
Swampy Area of East End Park, Kingwood, Texas (December 28, 2022) — Image by kenne
The world still grows it grows relentlessly
And yet there is always less of it
— from The Old Painter on a Walk Adam Zagajewski
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Caught In The Rain 1 comment
I tried working in an hour walking the East End Park trails before a forecasted storm.
The sky was partly cloudy as I neared the lake.
An image from close to the ground looking toward the lake.
Cloud reflections on the water.
This image of the sky and clouds reflecting off the water is deceptive because dark clouds were already beginning to build up behind me.
By the time I reach the park parking lot I was soaked. (December 29, 20022) — Images by kenne
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Bee on Coneflower (East End Park, May 27, 2022) — Image by kenne
In an open meadow
near the forest
coneflowers
in every direction
sway in the breeze
attracting honey bees
as we walk the trail
a guest in the park.
— kenne
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Plains Coreopsis Wildflowers 2 comments
Plains Coreopsis Wildflowers (East End Park, Kingwood, Texas) — HDR Image by kenne
“Wildflowers aren’t meant to be cut & tamed.
They’re meant to be loved & admired.”
— Anthony T. Hincks.
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Two Shadows (Turtles) On a Log In Lake Houston — Image by kenne
Two shadows
two turtles
sharing a log in
East End Park —
which one will
slide off first?
— kenne
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Early Morning Ride On Waters Smooth As Glass (Lake Houston, May 27, 2022) — Image by kenne
My photographs are easy to comprehend,
which is not always the case with art and poetry.
If a reader doesn’t understand a poem,
just listen to it. Like life, exposure to it
is part of its power.
— kenne
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Male Northern Cardinal (East End Park, Kingwood, Texas) — Images by kenne
The red cardinal
A page of trust and order
Devoted to life.
— kenne
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Walking In A World Of Green And Gray 2 comments
We moved to Tucson, Arizona seven years ago after living many years in the Houston area. When we return to visit family and friends, we stay with daughter Jill in Kingwood. During most visits, I go for walks in East End Park. The park takes in an area on the shore of Lake Houston. A lot of the recent flooding in Kingwood from Hurricane Harvey resulted from the lake overflowing.
Walking the trails in the park yesterday I dealt with some trails impassable, mud, debris, humid heat and many mosquitos. The gray line marking the trees and bushes in many cases was 15 feet above the ground. Now a week after cresting, most of the water is back to a normal level. Since the park has many path bridges, I was surprised to see they were still intact after all the high-water flooding.
— kenne
Walking In A World Of Green And Gray — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to view in a slideshow format.)
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A Christmas Eve Walk In The Woods Leave a comment
This Christmas Eve was sunny and warm in Kingwood, Texas and as I have done in past visits, I went for a photographic walk in nearby East End Park. It’s just what I do.
“I wish to know an entire heaven and an entire earth.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Images by kenne (Click On Any Titled Image To View In Slideshow Format)
“There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere. However far or long you plod, you are always in the same place: in the woods. It’s where you were yesterday, where you will be tomorrow. The woods is one boundless singularity. Every bend in the path presents a prospect indistinguishable from every other, every glimpse into the trees the same tangled mass. For all you know, your route could describe a very large, pointless circle. In a way, it would hardly matter.”
― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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East End Park Turtles — R-U-A Turtle 4 comments
East End Park Turtles, Kingwood, Texas (December 24, 2016) — Images by kenne
ARE YOU A TURTLE?
If you answer correctly, I owe you a drink of your choice.
— kenne
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Eighty Degrees On Christmas Eve Leave a comment
Kingwood, Texas East End Park On Christmas Eve — iPhone Panoramas by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 