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Aspen Loop To Wilderness Rocks Golden Columbine — Computer Art image by kenne

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

— William James

Posted July 28, 2016 by kenneturner in Art, Capturing the Moment, Computer Art, Environment, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Naturalists, Quote, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Computer Art, Enviroment, Golden Columbine, Mt Lemmon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Golden Columbine Art 1 comment

Aspen Loop To Wilderness Rocks Golden Columbine Art by kenne

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

— E. O. Wilson

Posted July 24, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Art, Capturing the Moment, E. O. Wilson, Golden Columbine, Hiking, Information, Mt. Lemmon, Nikon D800, Photoshop, Quote, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with E. O. Wilson, Golden Columbine, Hiking, Mt Lemmon, Nature, Quote, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Addicted 2 comments

Columbine Wildflower on Mt. Lemmon (July 8, 2016) — Image by kenne

“I’m addicted to the entire planet.
I don’t want to leave it.
I want to get down into it.
I want to say hello.
On the beach, I could have stopped all day long
and looked at those damned shells,
looked for all the messages
that come not in bottles but in shells…”

— John McPhee

Posted July 11, 2016 by kenneturner in Arizona, Information, Tucson Arizona, Wildflower

Tagged with Addicted, Golden Columbine, John McPhee, Mt Lemmon, Quote, Tucson Arizona

Golden Columbine With A Grunge Art Layer 1 comment

Golden Columbine with a Grunge Art Layer — Image by kenne

Posted July 26, 2015 by kenneturner in Art, Capturing the Moment, Flowers, Golden Columbine, Hiking, Naturalists, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains

Tagged with Golden Columbine, Grunge Art, Tucson Arizona

The Flower, . . . 2 comments

Golden Columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha) — Image by kenne

The flower,

without it

there would be

no humanity.

— kenne

Posted July 25, 2015 by kenneturner in Arizona, Capturing the Moment, Golden Columbine, Information

Tagged with Arizona, Art, Capturing the Moment, D800, Golden Columbine, Humanity, Mt Lemmon

Golden Columbine Art 2 comments

Golden Columbine Art — Computer Painting by kenne

Posted September 4, 2014 by kenneturner in Art, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arizona, Columbine, Flora and Fauna, Golden Columbine, Hiking, Mt Lemmon, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

Losing Count . . . Leave a comment

Golden columbine (1 of 1) art_II. blog 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

Posted August 3, 2014 by kenneturner in Information, Life, Nature, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry

Tagged with Arizona, Arts, Computer Painting, D800, Flora and Fauna, Golden Columbine, Haiku, Lemmon Meadow Trail, Mount Lemmon, Mt Lemmon Trail, Outdoors, Painting, Photography, Santa Catalina Mountains, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

Not Just Another Golden Columbine Wildflower 6 comments

Aspen Draw August 2013 Golden Columbine On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne

“Where the birds of spring, in their season sing,
Their spontaneous melodies;
Where the columbine and the stately pine
Stand quivering in the breeze;
Where the aspen tall hugs the trachyte wall,
And the wild rose bedecks the hill;
Where the willows weep, and their vigils keep,
On the banks of the San Miguel.”

— from “The Valley Of The San Miguel” by Alfred Castner King

Posted August 21, 2013 by kenneturner in Art, Education, Information, Photography, Poetry

Tagged with Alfred Castner King, Columbine wildflower, Golden Columbine, Mt. Lemmon Meadow Trail, Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson Arizona

Capturing The Moment “. . . It’s Your World For The Moment.” Leave a comment

Aspen Draw August 2013 Image by kenne

When you take a flower
in your hand
and really look at it,
it’s your world for the moment.
I want to give that world
to someone else.

Most people in the city
rush around so,
they have no time
to look at a flower.
I want them to see it
whether they want to or not.

— Georgia O’Keeffe

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Posted August 17, 2013 by kenneturner in Art, Capturing the Moment, Education, Information, Life, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arts, gentle sunlight, Georgia O'Keeffe, Golden Columbine, It's your world for the moment, Nature, Plants

Capturing The Moment — Mount Lemmon Wildflowers 2 comments

Golden Columbine

Aspen Loop July 2013 Cranesbill

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Bearded Penstemon

Wright’s Bluets

Aspen Loop July 2013 Macromeria

Aspen Loop July 2013 Western Sneezeweed

Aspen Loop July 2013 Richardson’s Geranium —
Hiking The Aspen Trail Wildflower Images by kenne (July 8, 2013)

Saving The Season By Capturing The Moment (kenneturner.com)
It Is Dry, Dry, Dry (kenneturner.com)
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Hiking The Aspen Trail Ten Years Out (kenneturner.com)

Posted July 11, 2013 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Aspen Fleabane, Aspen Trail, Bearded Penstemon, bluets, Catalina Highway, Columbine, Cranesbill, Geranium, Golden Columbine, Hiking, Macromeria, Mount Lemmon, mountain wildflowers, Nature, Outdoors, Richardson's Geranium, Santa Catalina Mountains, Southern Arizona, Tucson, Western Sneezeweed, Wildflowers, Wright's Bluets

Saving The Season By Capturing The Moment 2 comments

Box Camp Trail 06-28-13 Dan Granger photographing columbine on the Box Camp Trail

Not meant to be a Canon ad, but . . .

Box Camp Trail 06-28-13 Golden Columbine — Images by kenne

Unlike “nature walks,” hikes usually don’t allow time to stop and capture the moment — unless one is willing to be left behind, unnerving the guides.

This summer the SCVN hikes on Mount Lemmon have been very dry, dusty experiences minus the color of the usual mountain wildflowers. So, when flowers are spotted, inducing trance-like states, as in the case of columbines in a mountain canyon where a small stream might normally exist, some of us cannot pass up the moment connecting nature with our being in the digital world.

July rains should bring on an ever-changing kaleidoscope of wildflowers. But, for now, we feel the call of the wild to save the season by capturing the moment in a time our culture and technology are becoming more complex, more intricate, and more challenging to control.

Nature is a sphere
Revealing cosmic patterns
In all the clitter

— kenne

It Is Dry, Dry, Dry (kenneturner.com)
SCVN Friday Hike On The Oracle Ridge Trail #1(June 14, 2013) (kenneturner.com)

Posted June 29, 2013 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Education, Friends, Information, Life, Nature, Photography, Poetry

Tagged with Box Camp Trail, clitter, Columbine, columbines, cosmic patterns, culture, culture and technology, Dan Granger, digital world, Golden Columbine, Haiku, Hiking, kaleidoscope, Nature, oracle ridge, Outdoors, Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN, Summer Hikes On Mount Lemmon, Waiting for the monsoon

Mount Lemmon Wildflowers Before The Summer Rains 2 comments

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Golden Columbine

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Santa Catalina Indian Paintbrush

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Not Sure?

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Penstemon

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Macromeria

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Cow Parsnip

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Curly Cup Gumweed

Mt. Lemmon Trail 06-24-13 Mount Lemmon Wildflowers Before The Summer Rains (Early In The Season, They Are There If You Look Hard.) — Images by kenne