“Just Outside the Door” — Image by kenne
Just outside the door
Nothing is without beauty,
Loving the colors.
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Flora and Fauna’ Tag
Capturing The Moment — Just Outside The Door 4 comments
Ned Harris and Friends Nature Walk 10 comments
Wrights goldenrod and cranesbill
Western Sneezeweed
Torreys craglily
Torreys craglily
Western Sneezweed
Richardsons geranium
Richardsons geranium
New Mexico fleabane
Mexican cactus fly on sneezeweed
Mountain parsley
Narrow leaf cologania
Mexican cactus fly on sneezeweed
Late snakeweed
Fendler nightshade
Indian paintbrush
Fendler nightshade
Cutleaf coneflower
Cranesbill
Chickweed
Carpenter bee on sneezeweed
Bitter dock
Bee on sneezeweed
Bee on sneezeweed
Golden columbine
Wild Flowers On Mt. Lemmon (List compiled by SCVN member, Anne Green.) — Images by kenne (July 30, 2014)
(Click on any of the tiled images to see larger view in a slideshow format. You can also click here to see a full-screen slideshow on Flickr.)
Ned Harris & Friends Nature Walk On Mt. Lemmon
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Losing Count . . . Leave a comment
Golden Columbine — Computer Painting by kenne
Lost in the numbers
The count of these columbine
I have photographed.
Don’t really care
They never all look alike,
Each has character.
Golden columbine
Are always very special,
Being different.
A moment in time
Will never repeat itself,
Look for the contrast.
Time, light and darkness
Create new moments to love,
Capture each moment.
Creativity
Will teach you to live somewhere
Between each moment.
Stay in the moment
And you become imprisoned
In your own being.
In photography
Each moment is connected,
Yet disconnected.
An artist chooses
To capture and/or create
Images to view.
A moment captured
Will never be viewed the same,
So get use to it!
— kenne
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Springtime On The Mountain Leave a comment
“Springtime On The Mountain” August 1, 2014 (Melilotus officinalis: Yellow Sweet Clover) — Image by kenne
A non-native annual herb on Mt. Lemmon.
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Utah Canyon Country Wildflowers 1 comment
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Utah Canyon Country Wildflowers (June 12, 2014) — Images by kenne
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Another Yellow Southwestern Wildflower — Arnica Rydbergii 4 comments
Arnica Rydbergii Wildflower, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (June 11, 2014) — Images by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Tocoma Orange Jubilee 3 comments
Tocoma Orange Jubilee, “Summer In The Desert” — Image by kenne
The desert is hot
But, with a little water
Beauty surrounds us.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Too Big For Its Own Good Leave a comment
Neighborhood Agave — Images by kenne
On April 27th I was so impressed with the size of an agave stalk, I took a photo of it and posted on this blog. Over the last month I have continue to watch it grow as it neared blossoming. During this time I noticed that stalk was beginning to lean south, so much so I began to think it might break. It didn’t break, but its weight and angle to the ground finally pulled the plant out of the ground.
This agave is commonly called a “century plant,” because when it flowers by sending up a stalk (spike), which it does only once, it dies. Its age is more accurately 25-30 years, not 100 years. If not by its own weight, this agave was doomed either way.
kenne
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On This Memorial Day, The Trumpets Shall Sound Leave a comment
The Trumpets Shall Sound — Image by kenne
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Night Of The Moon Flowers Leave a comment
Yellow Cactus Flowers Blooming On The Night of The Full Moon — Image by kenne
The color of spring
Can be many bright colors,
Yellow’s number one.
— kenne
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Cutleaf Evening Primrose Leave a comment
Cutleaf Evening Primrose — Image by kenne
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Pools Of Sorrow, Waves Of Joy 6 comments
“Waves of Joy” — Image by kenne
Palo Verde trees, common to the Sonoran Desert, brighten the Tucson area with millions of five-petaled yellow blossoms in the springtime.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD — TRYING TO REASON
We traverse these streets,
sometimes early in the morning,
sometimes late in the day,
sometimes walking,
sometimes running —
always for a reason.
We wave at passersby,
sometimes we greet them,
sometimes it’s just a smile
sometimes we stop and talk,
sometimes walking together,
always for a reason.
We have neighborly expectations,
sometimes it’s watering plants,
sometimes it’s calling the ill,
sometimes it’s being complimentary,
sometimes it’s being watchful,
always for a reason.
We can be a convivial people,
sometimes we go out together,
occasionally we party together,
sometimes we join clubs together,
sometimes we share community work,
always for a reason.
We can be adversaries,
sometimes our expectations are not real,
sometimes we overreact,
sometimes we take reactions personally,
sometimes power is polarized, frustration generalized,
always for a reason.
We can be Pleasantville,
sometimes we are without color,
sometimes we are in pools of sorrow,
sometimes we are in waves of joy,
sometimes drifting through my open mind,
always for a reason.
— kenne
“Pools of Sorrow” — Image by kenne
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Bringing Peace of Mind Leave a comment
Bringing Peace of Mind — Computer Painting by kenne
Purple and yellow
The Sonoran yin and yang
Bringing peace of mind.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — New Mexico Groundsel 2 comments
New Mexico Groundsel — Left Image In The Santa Rita Mountains, Right Image In The Santa Catalina Mountains At About 5,000 ft Elevation, April, 2014
Showy spring flowers
Found in the desert mountains
No spring rains needed.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Parish Larkspur Wildflower 5 comments
Parish Larkspur (Delphinium parishii) — Image by kenne
This deep blue wildflower was near the Hutch’s Pool trail at about 3,900 ft. in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness above the Sabino Basin. I needed help in identifying this beautiful deep blue wildflower, which I received from fellow SCVN members. This one is a much deeper blue than the one pictured in Frank Rose’s “Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona.” The conditions have been very dry in the Catalina Mountains this Spring, producing fewer than normal wildflowers. This larkspur was all alone.
kenne
