Springtime In The Sonoran Desert — Image by kenne
This saguaro has grown under the protection of a mesquite tree serving as a nurse tree.
This spring the cactus is loaded with flower buds, many of which a beginning to bloom.
— kenne
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Springtime In The Sonoran Desert 4 comments
Greater Roadrunner In Mesquite Tree Leave a comment
Greater Roadrunner In Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Roadrunners don’t spend much time in trees. However, this guy was in a mesquite tree where he could more easily be seen and heard by a female a few hundred feet away — it worked.
— kenne
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Verdin In Mesquite Tree 2 comments
Verdin In Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Verdin’s Nest — Image by kenne
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Verdin In Sabino Canyon Riparian Area Leave a comment
Verdin In Sabino Canyon Riparian Area — Photo-Artistry by kenne
His call is clear
a chip followed
by another chip
then another
moving as in a
constant motion —
chip, chip.
— kenne
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Greater Roadrunner Stalking A Tree Lizard In A Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.
— Robert M. Pirsig
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Lesser Goldfinch — Oh Little Bird 2 comments
Lesser Goldfinch in a Mesquite Tree — Image by kenne
Oh Little Bird
Oh little bird with head atilt,
In safety drinking as thou wilt
From out the wayside found;
Unmindful of the noisy crowd profane,
What fears thy wings surmount!
Oh blithesome, eager little bird,
With reverent head turned heavenward,
I feel thy silent thanks!
The charm within the voice of men,
The potency of gift of pen,
Thy gratitude outranks.
So would I find some wayside pool,
Some sheltered spot with water cool
From which no more to shrink.
Oh little bird with head atilt,
Would I had wings to soar ‘bove guilt
And share thy tranquil drink!
— Edwin Leibfreed
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Mesquite Tree Gall — Computer Art Leave a comment
Mesquite Tree Gall — Computer Art by kenne
The challenge will not wait.
Life does not look back.
A week is more than enough time for us
to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.
— Paulo Coelho
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American Kestrel — Computer Painting 2 comments
American Kestrel Atop a Mesquite Tree On A Winter Day — Computer Painting by kenne
“Though you were watching me,
I neither ate nor drank, but what
you saw was a vision.”
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A Greater Roadrunner Takes To The Trees 1 comment
Greater Roadrunners are usually seen running on the ground,
this roadrunner left the road for a nearby mesquite tree.
Images by kenne
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A Popular Cactus Blossom 1 comment
Bee & Mesquite Beetle on a Prickly Pear Blossom — Image by kenne
I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for
any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is
worth a hundred “great books” — and one brave deed
is worth a thousand.
— Edward Abbey
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In The Shadow of Death — Sepia Painting by kenne
The shadow of death
A passage of desert time
With birth at its feet.
Each day is blessed
With new replacing the old
For which we give thanks.
— kenne
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Desert Art From The Heart Leave a comment
Image by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Praying Mantis Egg Case 4 comments
Praying Mantis Egg Case on a Mesquite Tree Branch — Image by kenne
While taking some children on a nature walk during the Beyond Tucson Event in Sabino Canyon, I reached up to pull down a mesquite tree branch to demonstrate the small leaf size and spotted a praying mantis egg case — a teaching moment. If I had looked for one, it would not have happen.
Later this spring a hundred or more praying mantis’ will emerge from the case.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Female Phainopepla 7 comments
Female Phainopepla — Image by kenne
Phainopepla
Perched high on the mesquite
Sky territory.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — All Sunsets Are Not, “Just Another Sunset!” 10 comments
Sunset Over Tucson, Arizona — Image by kenne
Winter in the desert has set in now that all the leaves are off the mesquite trees.
kenne
