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Christmas Over The Last Couple of Decades — Images by kenne
Archive for the ‘Ft. Collins’ Tag
A Christmas Family Album 12 comments
Hope On The Move Leave a comment
Computer Art by kenne
In August of 2011, I created this artwork from a photo daughter Kate took the first time they left Ft. Collins. At that time they were moving back to Texas, but the stay didn’t last long before they moved back to Ft. Collins.
When they made a move back to Texas, I did a blog posting, “Hope is Coming to Texas.” Hope is now on the move again from Ft. Collins but this time to New Hampshire. The journey begins today, and once again they will see wind turbines.
The wind turbines keep on turning and Kate, like me keep chasing them like Don Quixote — “The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”
In the posting six years ago I shared the following poem. Since I haven’t yet written one on Kate and family’s latest move, this one will have to suffice.
Windmills of Hope
Arriving in Texas
where pickups are still king
Yellow buses grazing
under a cotton-ball sky
Extreme traffic on the right
sensible on the left
Just remember
I ain’t your dude
You can’t buy me with
a “Two-Step” lottery card
Make it a beer or two
at the old saloon
Times are different
so continue lying to me
kenne
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Colorado State University Annual Trial Garden Photos (July 31, 2017) Leave a comment
Field Cresent Butterfly in Colorado State University Annual Trial Garden (July 31, 2017) — Image by kenne
The outdoor display and test areas at the Annual Flower Trial Garden were established to allow students, researchers, industry representatives, homeowners and extension personnel to learn, teach and evaluate through horticultural research and demonstration projects conducted in the unique environmental conditions of the Rocky Mountain/High Plains region. Source: Colorado State University
CSU Annual Trail Garden Images by kenne
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Truth Never Dies 1 comment
Guest Artist, Katie Turner Bailey
Truth never dies. The ages come and go.
The mountains wear away, the stars retire.
Destruction lays earth’s mighty cities low;
And empires, states and dynasties expire;
But caught and handed onward by the wise,
Truth never dies.
Though unreceived and scoffed at through the years,
Though made the butt of ridicule and jest,
Though held aloft for mockery and jeers,
Denied by those of transient power possessed,
Insulted by the insolence of lies,
Truth never dies.
It answers not. It does not take offense,
But with a mighty silence bides its time.
As some great cliff that braves the elements
And lifts through all the storms its head sublime,
It ever stands, uplifted by the wise,
And never dies.
As rests the Sphinx amid Egyptian sands;
As looms on high the snowy peak and crest;
As firm and patient as Gibraltar stands,
So truth, unwearied, waits the era blest
When men shall turn to it with great surprise.
Truth never dies.
— Anonymous
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Peace of Mind Leave a comment
Sunset image on the back of Matt Bailey’s motorcycle by Katie Turner Bailey, computer art rendering by kenne
“Peace of mind produces right values,
right values produce right thoughts.
Right thoughts produce right actions
and right actions produce work
which will be a material reflection
for others to see of the serenity
at the center of it all.”
— from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
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Bee On Yellow Flower 1 comment
Bee On Yellow Flower — Image by kenne
Yellow in my eye
Wings on my shoulders to fly
Work until I die.
— kenne
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Kate Captures The Moment 1 comment
Kate Captures The Moment — Image by kenne
All photographs
are memento mori.
To take a photograph
is to participate
in another person’s (or thing’s)
mortality, vulnerability, mutability.
Precisely by slicing
out this moment and freezing it,
all photographs testify to
time’s relentless melt.
— Susan Sontag
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Wildflowers On The Banks Of The Poudre River Leave a comment
Wildflowers along the banks of the Poudre River (September 14, 2014) — Images by kenne (Click on any of the tiled images to see larger view in a slideshow format.)
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Capturing The Moment — Mother and Son 6 comments
“Mother and Son” Katie Turner Bailey & Kenne Jaxon Bailey (September 14, 2014) — Image by kenne
She is special.
The gate-keeper
To his life,
Knowing when to open
When to close —
Protecting;
Sharing;
Comforting;
Loving.
She is special,
She is a
Mother —
He is special.
— kenne
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A Barrel Cactus Protected For The Winter Leave a comment
I live in the Sonoran Desert where cacti are abundant.
But I photographed this little guy alone the Poudre River, northwest of Ft. Collins, Colorado.
This cactus looks like some type of barrel cactus. (September 14, 2014)
— Image by kenne
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A Sunday Outing Along The Poudre River 1 comment
Kate Along The Poudre
Nick, Kate, Matt and Jaxon
Kate and Jaxon
Nick and Kate
Nick and Kate
Kate
Nick and Kate
Kate and Nick
Poudre River
My daughter, Kate and her family (Matt, Nick and Jaxon) and I walked a trail near the Poudre River northwest of Ft. Collins, Colorado (September 14, 2014).
Click on and of the tiled images for a larger view in a slideshow format,or view the images in my Flickr account.
I have other photos of this beautiful country I will be sharing in future postings. — Images by kenne
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A Flower On My Wall 2 comments
“My Wallflower” (Field Aster)– Image by kenne
You are my wallflower,
captured in a garden
showcasing nature’s beauty,
where others have
a destiny with
the first frost.
Your destiny is mine,
continuing to provide
pleasure to my eyes.
— kenne
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Let’s Go Panning For Gold In The Poudre River Leave a comment
Gold In The Sand In The Poudre River, Northwest of Ft. Collins, Colorado (September 14, 2014) — Image by kenne
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Flower and Bee — CSU Trial Garden 2 comments
Flower and Bee, Colorado State University Trial Garden (September 13, 2014) — Image by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Squirrel with Sunflower Seeds 8 comments
Squirrel Eating Sunflower Seeds in The CSU Trial Gardens, Ft. Collins (September 13, 2014) — Images by kenne
Frost the night before
Leaving flowers bent over
Food for the squirrels.
— kenne
