Floating Mushrooms On Butterfly Trail — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Float like a mushroom
Down the old butterfly trail
And sting like a Bee.
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Hiking’ Tag
Floating Mushrooms On Butterfly Trail 2 comments
Float like a mushroom
Old Hiker’s Never Die, They Just Fade Away 1 comment
Old Hikers Never Die, They Just Fade Away — Digital Art by kenne
Old hiker’s never die
Never die, never die
Old hiker’s never die
They just fade away.
Cold Blooded and Warm Blooded Animals Are On The Move 2 comments
Desert Spiny Lizard in the Saguaro National Park (April 2, 2018) — Image by kenne
Most days here in the Sonoran Desert are averaging in the 80’s causing reptiles to be on the move and our “snowbird” friends to start packing for their journey north.
With morning lows around 50 degrees, this Desert Spiny (Sceloporus magister) was more interested in sunning than our nearby presence. This native of the Sonoran Desert is a large (up to about 142 mm or 5.6″ from snout to vent), stocky lizard with large, pointed, keeled, overlapping scales. The Desert Spiny can live up to six years, which explains the one that has been a patio friend for several years now, which I visit with each day.
— kenne
Douglas Spring Trail Leave a comment
Hiking Douglas Spring Trail — Image by kenne
Tomorrow’s Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) Friday hike will be on the Douglas Spring Trail in the Rincon Mountains. For the first time in several years, I will not be participating. I will miss being on this hike.
A flat start into the morning sun
Hikers leaving behind long shadows
On a trail that will soon disappear
As we start our climb in
The mountain’s shadow, stopping
Only to watch things themselves
Letting the sun and earth
Go about their changes.
— kenne
The Wave, March 2012 4 comments
Image by kenne
Climbing the dunes surrounding the wave
we entered silence and was glad to be in it,
knowing we could only stay for awhile.
By the time we readied to leave
others were beginning to arrive
breaking the wave of silence.
When I think of our visit to the wave
I recall how our combined senses’ of direction
was put to the challenge on our way out
since the path was not a trail but knowing
that if we stayed true to our direction,
we would end up where we began.
— kenne
Hiking Out from The Wave (March 2012) — Panorama by kenne
Southerland Trail Leave a comment
Southerland Trail — Image by kenne
Hiking in March We start off cold soon hikers remove layers. Looking down on the trail High behind saguaro cactus some hikers now out of sight. Meadow below has patches Of green but few wildflowers, some poppies begin to open. Nobody bothers you on the trail Where the mountains sweep down on Catalina. -- kenne
Hiking And Curiosity Leave a comment
Spring Morning On The Trail — Image by kenne
Curiosity
A measure of engagement
And your connection.
— kenne
