Archive for the ‘East End Park’ Tag

Brown Pelican, Lake Houston   Leave a comment

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

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.

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

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

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

Bee On Coneflower   Leave a comment

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

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.

Two Shadows On A Log   Leave a comment

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

Waters Smooth As Glass   Leave a comment

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

Male Northern Cardinal   Leave a comment

Male Northern Cardinal (East End Park, Kingwood, Texas) — Images by kenne

The red cardinal

A page of trust and order

Devoted to life.

— kenne

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

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Walking In A World Of Green And Gray — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to view in a slideshow format.)

 

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

 

East End Park Turtles — R-U-A Turtle   4 comments

HoustonHoustonHoustonHoustonEast 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

Eighty Degrees On Christmas Eve   Leave a comment

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lake-houston-east-end-park_blogKingwood, Texas East End Park On Christmas Eve — iPhone Panoramas by kenne

Eagle Scout Bird House Project   Leave a comment

East End Park_2015 05 06_0668_edited-1 blogEagle Scout Bird House Project — Image by kenne

Eagle Scout bird house
One of thirty in the park
A cobweb entrance.

— kenne

East End Park_2015 05 06_0668_edited-2 blogBird House with Cobweb Entrance, East End Park, Kingwood, Texas — Image by kenne

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