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Grilling On New Year’s Day   Leave a comment

Kenne David Turner Grilling On His Birthday, January 1st — Image by kenne

“This sandgrain day in the bent bay’s grave
      He celebrates and spurns
   His driftwood forty-eighth wind turned age;
      Herons spire and spear.”

Kenne D. and Kenne G.   Leave a comment

Kenne David and His Dad at 8th Wonder Brewery (December 27, 2022) Image by Janie

“All that is transitory is but a metaphor.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Ben’s Den Tasting Room   Leave a comment

Gulf Coast Distillers — Image by kenne

While on the Houston leg of our road trip, we had dinner at Ben’s Den Tasting Room
with Katelyn, Janie, and David — a food truck provided the food menu.

In 1998, the De Aldecoa family bought the then memorable Uncle Ben’s Rice manufacturing facility
on Clinton Drive. Now the facility has been turned into a world-class coffee plant and distillery, expanding the
beverage imperium with the creation of the Gulf Coast Distillers.

Yes, the whisky I had was excellent.

— kenne

The Kid Is 46 Today   3 comments

Kenne David and Kenne George — Image by MAT

David was a  New Year’s Day baby, 1975. He was a “cool kid” then and still is.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ‘D’

1954 GMC Pickup Truck   1 comment

GMC Pickup Truck 1954-3-2-Edit-3-72-3Kenne David Turner’s 1954 GMC Pickup Truck — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Living through my son
Old trucks or motorcycles
I’m inside his veins.

— kenne

Silhouettes by Katie   3 comments

Silhouette granddad and jaxon blogkenne and Grandson Jaxon

Silhouette granddad and Jaxon - 2 blogkenne and Grandson Jaxon

silhouette katelyn blogGranddaughter Katelyn

Silhouette katelyn - 2 blogGranddaughter Katelyn
(iPhone Images by Katie Turner Bailey)

During the week of March 12th, son David, granddaughter Katelyn,
daughter Katie, grandsons Nick and Jaxon visited Joy and me in Tucson.
Each day would end watching the sunset from the patio.
On several occasions, Katie took images with her iPhone.

— kenne

Far Away, But Always Close To My Heart   Leave a comment

Katie David & Me (1 of 1) art blogKatie, Kenne G. and Kenne D. in Bryan, Texas (Early Eighties) — Image by Mary Ann

“You can’t know who you are until you know where you are.”

— Wendell Berry

Father And Daughter Image   1 comment

d-katelyn-iii-framed-blog IISon, Kenne David and Granddaughter, Katelyn at About the Same Ages — Image by kenne (April 6, 2011)

Two moments,
captured in time
each a generation apart
father and daughter
creating a new reality
a moment in time.

— kenne

Katelyn Spends The 4th Of July Holiday In Tucson   4 comments

Katelyn & Dave (1 of 1)-10 Art blog framed

Images by kenne (Click on any of the tiled imaged to see larger view in a slideshow format.)

Granddaughter Katelyn and son Kenne David left this morning, returning to Houston after four-plus days here in Tucson. This was their second visit after three years. We made an effort to do as much as possible in the desert summer and the beginning of the monsoon season, which began while they were here.

Photos of Katelyn and poetry about her have been part of several posting over the last ten years — she will be eleven this September. Here’s one of the poems:

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.

# # # # #

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

Not Just Another Father’s Day   3 comments

katie-david-me-revised-2011-blogKate, Kenne (Dad) and Kenne David — Father’s Day Many Years Ago

Father’s Day morning

A ride into the Rockies

Celebrating life.

— kenne

(Visiting Kate in Ft. Collins, CO on Father’s Day weekend, 2014)

Posted June 15, 2014 by kenneturner in Family, Life, Photography, Poetry

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Father’s Day 2011 — Old Images Capture the Moment   Leave a comment

 

 

Posted June 19, 2011 by kenneturner in Capturing the Moment, Family, Life, Photography

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Variations On A Theme — Creating the Moment — Kenne David & Katelyn   Leave a comment

Kenne David & Katelyn — Image by kenne

Two moments,
captured in time
each a generation apart
father and daughter
creating a new reality
a moment in time

kenne

Creating the Moment — Kenne David & Katelyn   1 comment

Kenne David Turner & Daughter Katelyn — Image by kenne

Two moments, captured in time
each a generation apart;
one of son, Kenne David,
the other of his daughter, Katelyn,
creating a new moment in time.

kenne

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