Katelyn (March 15, 2011) — Photo-artistry by kenne
Grandpa’s balanced stones
By concentrating on them
I can make them fall.
— kenne
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Grandpa’s Balanced Stones Leave a comment
Grandpa’s balanced stones
Katelyn, Christmas Past 1 comment
Granddaughter Katelyn at Christmas Past (12/21/05) — Photo-artistry by kenne
Kenne D’s daughter
Pictured here at over two
Now twenty-one years.
— kenne
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A Picture Of Love 1 comment
Great-Grandma Agnes Meets her Great-Granddaughter, Katelyn, for the first time (09/28/03) — Image by kenne
A picture of love
A smile and holding her hand
A very proud dad.
— kenne
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The Woodlands Waterway Leave a comment
Joy, Katelyn, and Dave, July 4, 2004
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half the way will get you no where
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life.
— Khalil Gibran
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Katelyn and Sisters At Her Graduation Leave a comment
Re Ann, Justice, and Katelyn after Katelyn’s Graduation on May 28, 2022 — Image by kenne
“Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.”
— from Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young by Mary Schmich
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Graduation Pool Party, Atascocita, Texas Leave a comment
The Resendez and Turner Families Hosted a Pool Party for Graduates Katelyn Turner
and Robert Resendez in Atascocita, Texas, May 29, 2022 — Images by kenne
(Click on any image to view in slideshow format.)
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What Makes A Poem? Leave a comment
Kenne David and Katelyn — Photo-Artistry by kenne
A CHILD ASKS WHAT MAKES A POEM?
At the top of the pass
the trail crosses a rockfall,
a slope of loose slate
as old as the mountain,
as deep as the valley below.
Out of the rocks
an arch has been stacked,
straddling the path.
The stones, tall enough
for a tall man, lean at the top
until gravity tips them together
in a curve as clean as the arc
of the earth.
The arch should not stand.
No mortar, no scaffold of sticks.
No tricks of buttress or blocking.
Only this surprising geometry
of stones balanced across the sky.
Not a slate out of place.
Picked from the rockpile
by a painstaking hand,
the chosen few remain,
stacked by shape
and grain and weight.
At the top of the world, a gate.
— Lanny Ledeboer:
Katelyn (03/15/17) — Image by kenne
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Daughter and Dad Leave a comment
Katelyn and Dad Kenne David Looking Down Over the Tucson Basin (Their first visit to Tucson, March 15, 2011) — Image by kenne
“A father is a son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love.”
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HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY, KATELYN 2 comments
Katelyn with Her Aunt Kate (July 2021)
When you look at me, you see the past.
When I look at you, I see the future and
Feel good about things to come.
— kenne
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Dog Eaten Purse Strap: A Follow-up Leave a comment
Missing Dog Eaten Purse Strap — Image by kenne
Recently I reblogged a post from 2009 of granddaughter Katelyn and myself, who we visited on our road trip stop in Houston.
The reblog had the following preface:
“Yesterday, we visited David, Janie, and Katelyn in their new home before going out to dinner.
Unfortunately, I didn’t take any new photos distracted by the running dialog of trying to share
everything that has happened over the past two years and the not-expected destroying of Joy’s
leather purse by one of their dogs. So, I will add that she is a beautiful young woman about
to start her senior year in high school.”
Since daughter Katie follows my blog, she texted a recent image of her and Katelyn taken when she visited Kately, Janie, and David in July.
Kate and Katelyn (“The Gates of Heven Must Be Open, I Just Saw Two Angels”)– Image by Kate
As for the purse, Janie has ordered Joy a new handbag.
Thank you, Janie!
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My Little Girl 2 comments
Katelyn Turner (03/13/11) — Image by kenne
Follow what you love! . . Don’t deign to
ask what “they” are looking for out there.
Ask what you have inside. Follow noy your
interests, which change, but what you are
and what you love, which will and should
not change.
— Georgie Ann Geyer
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Katelyn Is Seventeen Today 1 comment
Katelyn Turner (03/15/14) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Eyes Tell You
Little girls have a mysterious power,
But not all can feel it – when she does,
You can see it in her eyes.
As she matures, she’s driven
To climb the tower of perfection,
Always resisting her indifference.
Her enigmatic power is needed
To stir the artist inside,
To triumph over the unenlightened.
In her way, she will find something new,
Something never before encountered
Placing art in a world void of feeling.
Inventive, she will act,
Sometimes seeking out failure
To turn it into a triumph.
Once her power is transformed
By the magical virtue of art,
Loving and understanding become simpler.
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Now that they return home, I ponder —
Children and grandchildren
are the beautiful mysteries
that drive our emotions
stirring each moment we share,
not knowing if the same emotions
transcend each communication in the moment,
ending in emotional question marks.
— kenne (07/07/14)
Kenne David, Katelyn and Kenne (07/06/14)
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Katelyn Turner, A Photo Essay 6 comments
Katelyn Turner — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to see a larger view in a slideshow format.)
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Santa Claus Katelyn, 2005 1 comment
Two-Year Old Katelyn, Christmas ’05 — Image by kenne
The Eyes Tell You
Little girls have a mysterious power,
But not all can feel it – when she does,
You can see it in her eyes.
As she matures, she is driven
To climb the tower of perfection,
Always resisting her own indifference.
Her enigmatic power is needed
To stir the artist inside,
To triumph over the unenlightened.
In her own way, she will find something new,
Something never before encountered
Placing art in a world void of feeling.
Inventive, she will act,
Sometimes seeking out failure
In order to turn it into a triumph.
Once her power is transformed
By the magical virtue of art,
Loving and understanding becomes simpler.
— kenne
