Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek in Winter (January 2020) — Image by kenne
Water in the creek
Frost at night in the canyon
Color cottonwoods.
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Fall Colors’ Tag
Fall Colors In The Desert Winter #2 Leave a comment
Water in the creek
Fall Colors In The Desert Winter Leave a comment
Cottonwoods Creating Fall Colors In The Desert Winter (01/02/20) — Image by kenne
Share this:
Saying Goodbye To Fall On Mt. Lemmon Leave a comment
Saying Goodbye to Fall On Mt. Lemmon — Photo-artistry by kenne
We have passed through fall, for now,
Saying goodbye to falling leaves,
Relaced by falling snowflakes,
Blanketing the narrow forest trails.
* * * * *
“The ten hours’ light is abating,
And a late bird wings across,
Where the pines, like waltzers waiting,
Give their black heads a toss.”
— kenne
Share this:
Mt. Lemmon Fall Colors, A Gift From The Mountain Gods 1 comment
Mt. Lemmon Fall Colors, A Gift From The Mountain Gods
— Photo-Artistry by kenne
Autumn Song
Now the leaves are falling fast,
Nurse’s flowers will not last;
Nurses to the graves are gone,
And the prams go rolling on.
Whispering neighbours, left and right,
Pluck us from the real delight;
And the active hands must freeze
Lonely on the separate knees.
Dead in hundreds at the back
Follow wooden in our track,
Arms raised stiffly to reprove
In false attitudes of love.
Starving through the leafless wood
Trolls run scolding for their food;
And the nightingale is dumb,
And the angel will not come.
Cold, impossible, ahead
Lifts the mountain’s lovely head
Whose white waterfall could bless
Travellers in their last distress.
— W. H. Auden
Share this:
Hiking with Old Buddies 1 comment
The SCVN Friday Nature Hike was Aspen Trail, Marshall Gulch Trail loop,
which would provide an opportunity to see the beautiful fall colors on Mt. Lemmon.
The Aspen Trail has a grove of aspens, which I blogged in a previous posting.
After hiking through the aspen grove, I began to get out in front of the nature hikers.
With less fall color on the remaining part of the Aspen Trail I decided to pick-up my pace.
I knew from past experience there would be plenty of fall color on the Marshall Gulch Trail.
I was aware that my buddies, Jim Thompson and Tom Markey, were hiking the trail;
hence, I might be able to catch up with them.
I first began hiking with Jim and Tom nine years ago. They were part of the Monday Morning Milers (MMM),
the first hiking group with which I started hiking.
Most of the MMM were lifetime hikers in southeast Arizona, many of whom were in their 80’s.
Jim recently celebrated his 90th birthday.
While Tom is a youngster like me, he’s 79.
Images by kenne
It seems, as one becomes older,
That the past has another pattern,
And ceases to be a mere sequence —
Or even development: the latter a partial fallacy
Encouraged by superficial notions of evolution,
Which becomes, in the popular mind,
A means of disowning the past.
The moments of happiness — not the sense of well-being,
Fruition, fulfillment, security or affection,
Or even a very good dinner, but the sudden illumination —
We had the experience but missed the meaning,
And approach to the meaning restores the experience
In a different form, beyond any meaning
We can assign to happiness.
— from “Four Quartets” by T. S. Eliot
Share this:
Colors On The Mountain — No Words 2 comments
Mt. Lemmon Fall Colors — Images by kenne
Share this:
December Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek 1 comment
December Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek — Images by kenne
None desert colors
Life is all about contrasts
Neither here or there.
— kenne
Share this:
Sabino Canyon Fall Colors Panoramas 4 comments
Sabino Canyon Fall Colors Along Sabino Creek Panoramas — Photo-Essay by kenne
Share this:
Hiking Under Fall Colors Leave a comment
Hiking Under Fall Colors (Mt. Lemmon) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Cool temperatures
Sunlight magnifies colors
Nature at its best.
— kenne
Share this:
Hiking Under The Fall Colors 4 comments
Fall Colors, Hiking On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
Shadows on the trail
Hiking on a golden hill
Look, but don’t look back.
— kenne
Share this:
The Slopes Are Waiting Leave a comment
The Slopes are Waiting — Image by kenne
It’s been a warm and dry fall on Mt. Lemmon, which could be a sign of little moisture and low temperatures the winter for Sky Valley.
— kenne
Share this:
Autumn Leaves — Grunge Art Leave a comment
Autumn Leaves — Grunge Art by kenne
Just ask anyone
Fall is their favorite time,
Admire while you can.
— kenne
Share this:
Fall On The Aspen Draw Trail 6 comments
Image by kenne
Lonely ski slopes
off the mountaintop
surrounded by a
forest of color, with
small brooks passing.
So it is with me
to hike the Aspen Draw
up the slopes
under the fall colors —
sun mingling with leaves.
Once near the top
a girl with yellow hair
passes by without
saying a word, not
knowing I was there.
A stranger to
everything
and everyone
just passing through
this lonely world.
— kenne
Share this:
Aspen Sun 1 comment
Aspen Sun (Mt. Lemmon) — Computer Art by kenne
Fall colors abound
Red, orange, golden yellow
With Douglas Fir green.
— kenne
Share this:
Fall Leaves At Peace Leave a comment
Fall Leaves at Peace — Image by kenne
Fall leaves at peace
still
holding raindrops
coming in the darkness
of night, understated,
still,
I wish the drops
would soak the leaves
as if to give them life
again,
connecting the ground,
breathing.
— kenne
