Brown Pelican Taking Off Over Lake Houston — Images by Hugh Poland
On New Year’s Eve, Hugh and I spent some time in Kingwood’s East End Park.
His images of this pelican turned out better than mine.
— kenne
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Brown Pelican, Lake Houston Leave a comment
A Walk In East End Park Leave a comment
A Short Walk In East End Park, Kingwood, Texas (December 28, 2022) — Images by kenne
After getting caught in a sudden rainstorm the day before, it was nice to see blue skies on the morning of the 28th.
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White Pelicans In Flight Over Lake Houston Leave a comment
American White Pelicans White Over in East Texas — Photo Gallery by kenne
Lakes, marshes, salt bays. In breeding season mostly inland, nesting on isolated islands in lakes and feeding on shallow lakes, rivers, marshes.
Feeding areas may be miles from nesting sites. Also breeds locally on coastal islands. Flocks in migration stop on lakes, rivers.
Winters mainly along coast, on shallow, protected bays and estuaries, also on large lakes in warm climates. Source: audubon.org
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The World Still Grows 1 comment
Swampy Area of East End Park, Kingwood, Texas (December 28, 2022) — Image by kenne
The world still grows it grows relentlessly
And yet there is always less of it
— from The Old Painter on a Walk Adam Zagajewski
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Caught In The Rain 1 comment
I tried working in an hour walking the East End Park trails before a forecasted storm.
The sky was partly cloudy as I neared the lake.
An image from close to the ground looking toward the lake.
Cloud reflections on the water.
This image of the sky and clouds reflecting off the water is deceptive because dark clouds were already beginning to build up behind me.
By the time I reach the park parking lot I was soaked. (December 29, 20022) — Images by kenne
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Great Blue Heron Art 1 comment
Great Blue Heron — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Long neck
long legs
okay,
what the hack
waiting for the
right moment
becoming part
of the silence
what else is
a great blue
to do.
— kenne
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Two Shadows (Turtles) On a Log In Lake Houston — Image by kenne
Two shadows
two turtles
sharing a log in
East End Park —
which one will
slide off first?
— kenne
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Early Morning Ride On Waters Smooth As Glass (Lake Houston, May 27, 2022) — Image by kenne
My photographs are easy to comprehend,
which is not always the case with art and poetry.
If a reader doesn’t understand a poem,
just listen to it. Like life, exposure to it
is part of its power.
— kenne
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Great Blue Heron on the Shores of Lake Houston (May 27, 2022) — Image by kenne
Early morning
walking the trails
in Eastend Park
watching for animals
in the thick woods
near the shore
of Lake Houston
as a blue heron
views the murky
waters from the
heavy overnight rains.
— kenne
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Great Blue Heron — Right Place, Right Time 1 comment
Great Blue Heron (East Park, Lake Houston –10-17-21) — Image by Hugh Poland
Great Blue Herons are the largest of the North American herons, standing tall over wetlands and shores of open water.
Great Blue Herons are blue-gray overall with a wide black stripe over their eye and a long yellow-orangish bill.
In flight their wings are two-toned with blueish forewings and black flight feathers, and their neck is usually coiled in,
unlike the similarly sized Sandhill Cranes.
Great Blue Herons are highly adaptable and can be found in marshes, swamps, shores, and tideflats. Some will even forage
in grasslands and agricultural fields. They have a general diet consisting of fish, frogs, salamanders, turtles, snakes, insects, rodents,
and even other birds. Great Blue Herons will stand or walk slowly through shallow water before quickly striking with their long bill,
grabbing small prey or impaling large fish. Great Blue Herons nest in colonies, and usually build nests high in the trees,
but will occasionally nest on the ground or in low shrubs.
— Bryce Loschen (Houston Audubon)
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Pond Slider — No Words Friday Leave a comment
Pond Slider (Lake Houston, October 25, 2013) — HDR Image by kenne
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Walking In A World Of Green And Gray 2 comments
We moved to Tucson, Arizona seven years ago after living many years in the Houston area. When we return to visit family and friends, we stay with daughter Jill in Kingwood. During most visits, I go for walks in East End Park. The park takes in an area on the shore of Lake Houston. A lot of the recent flooding in Kingwood from Hurricane Harvey resulted from the lake overflowing.
Walking the trails in the park yesterday I dealt with some trails impassable, mud, debris, humid heat and many mosquitos. The gray line marking the trees and bushes in many cases was 15 feet above the ground. Now a week after cresting, most of the water is back to a normal level. Since the park has many path bridges, I was surprised to see they were still intact after all the high-water flooding.
— kenne
Walking In A World Of Green And Gray — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the images to view in a slideshow format.)
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Solitude — Image by kenne
Solitude is not freedom for it exists only in a black and white world.
— kenne
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A Christmas Eve Walk In The Woods Leave a comment
This Christmas Eve was sunny and warm in Kingwood, Texas and as I have done in past visits, I went for a photographic walk in nearby East End Park. It’s just what I do.
“I wish to know an entire heaven and an entire earth.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Images by kenne (Click On Any Titled Image To View In Slideshow Format)
“There is no point in hurrying because you are not actually going anywhere. However far or long you plod, you are always in the same place: in the woods. It’s where you were yesterday, where you will be tomorrow. The woods is one boundless singularity. Every bend in the path presents a prospect indistinguishable from every other, every glimpse into the trees the same tangled mass. For all you know, your route could describe a very large, pointless circle. In a way, it would hardly matter.”
― Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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Eighty Degrees On Christmas Eve Leave a comment
Kingwood, Texas East End Park On Christmas Eve — iPhone Panoramas by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 