Archive for the ‘Mount Lemmon’ Tag
Visitors to Sabino Canyon were pleased to see water in the creek, the first time since the spring.
The water for now is flowing over the Bear Canyon low-water crossing.
Water is also going over the low-water crossing below the Sabino Canton dam.
Water rushing over Sabino Canyon dam.
Sabino Canyon Dam
Sabino Canyon Dam
Water rushing over the boulders at the base of the dam.
The area along the creek has been so dry that even the willows near the dam have dropped their leaves,
looking more like late fall rather August.
This ash tree, home to a Cooper’s hawk nest has also lost a lot of its leaves.
The water is providing a welcome relief from this year’s draught.
The creek will continue to flow as long as the Catalina Mountains receive Monsoon rains.
— Images by kenne
“A giant thirst is a great joy when quenched in time.”
― Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Arizona Carpenter Bee — Image by kenne
“Being One of a Kind”
“Never forget that you are one of a kind.
Never forget that if there weren’t any need for you
in all your uniqueness to be on this earth,
you wouldn’t be here in the first place.
And never forget, no matter how overwhelming
life’s challenges and problems seem to be,
that one person can make a difference in the world.
In fact, it is always because of one person that all the
changes that matter in the world come about.
So be that one person.”
— R. Buckminster Fuller
Blue Flex — Image presentation by kenne
This is the third posting of this beautiful wildflower over the last two years — the presentation is a little different each time. Like a lot of wildflowers, this rich blue beauty last less than a day, opening in the early morning and often closing by noon.
Blue Flax wildflowers
Being showy by nature
Love mountain showtime
–kenne
Wrights goldenrod and cranesbill
Western Sneezeweed
Torreys craglily
Torreys craglily
Western Sneezweed
Richardsons geranium
Richardsons geranium
New Mexico fleabane
Mexican cactus fly on sneezeweed
Mountain parsley
Narrow leaf cologania
Mexican cactus fly on sneezeweed
Late snakeweed
Fendler nightshade
Indian paintbrush
Fendler nightshade
Cutleaf coneflower
Cranesbill
Chickweed
Carpenter bee on sneezeweed
Bitter dock
Bee on sneezeweed
Bee on sneezeweed
Golden columbine
Wild Flowers On Mt. Lemmon (List compiled by SCVN member, Anne Green.) — Images by kenne (July 30, 2014)
(Click on any of the tiled images to see larger view in a slideshow format. You can also click here to see a full-screen slideshow on Flickr.)
Ned Harris & Friends Nature Walk On Mt. Lemmon
Golden Columbine — Computer Painting by kenne
Lost in the numbers
The count of these columbine
I have photographed.
Don’t really care
They never all look alike,
Each has character.
Golden columbine
Are always very special,
Being different.
A moment in time
Will never repeat itself,
Look for the contrast.
Time, light and darkness
Create new moments to love,
Capture each moment.
Creativity
Will teach you to live somewhere
Between each moment.
Stay in the moment
And you become imprisoned
In your own being.
In photography
Each moment is connected,
Yet disconnected.
An artist chooses
To capture and/or create
Images to view.
A moment captured
Will never be viewed the same,
So get use to it!
— kenne
“The Wild Is Calling” — Image by kenne
The wild is calling
Always listen to the beat
The rhythm is there.
Nature has answers
In the earth, wind and fire
They are not hidden.
— kenne
Many hikers carry a plastic bag knowing that trash will be spotted along the trails.
Yesterday while hiking on Mt. Lemmon, Alison had a full bag on our return to the trailhead.
Image by kenne
Trash along the trail
Discarded by the thoughtless —
I repudiate.
— kenne
“Moss On Log” — Image by kenne
Now that you have me out on a limb,can we talk? — Image by kenne
Hooker’s Evening Primrose — Image by kenne (July 11, 2014)
A lady of the evening
beckoning in the twilight breeze
along the highway of curves
always tender to the stroke
opening enticing arms
not asking very much
just a one night stand
changing color by daylight
kissed by the mountain dew.
— kenne
“The Latest in Bird jewelery” Note the bands on this Yellow-eyed Junco — Image by kenne on Mt. Lemmon (July 11, 2014)
Agave blooms on the north side of the Santa Catalina Mountains with Biosphere 2 in the distance.
— Image by kenne
Monument to a Forest Fire (2002 Bullock Fire, Santa Catalina Mountains)– Image by kenne
I walk the mountain trails
where colorful flowers grow
along magical paths
for me to follow.
Over head the sun shines brightly
warming my skin in the cool breeze
as the tall grasses
sway back and forth.
Scattered clouds begin to congregate,
cool raindrops fall on my face
while quenching the thirst
of earth’s plants and animals.
The clouds grow darker
as the lightning thunder
shares the mountain sound stage
with the wind blowing through the trees.
Animals seek shelter in the forest
running from the lightning
striking the dry forest floor
leaving behind fire sound effects.
— kenne
Columbine Wildflower On the Mt. Lemmon Meadow Trail — Image by kenne
The monsoon rains are bringing on the Mt. Lemmon wildflowers. One of my favorite wildflowers is the columbine. Even though I have a lot of columbine photos, it’s beauty always makes me feel as if I’m photographing it for the first time — something poetic about that, don’t you think?
Enjoy!
kenne
Kate at Windy Point Vista
David and Kate at Windy Point Vista
David and Kate at Windy Point
David and Kate at Windy Point Vista
David and Kate at Windy Point
David and Kate at Windy Point Vista
Hiking the Mt. Lemmon Trail Near the Lemmon Rock Lookout
Docent Paul with David and Kate at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Docent Paul with David and Kate at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Docent Paul with David and Kate at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Kate and David at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Kate in the Bat Area at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
David and Kate in Tanuri Ridge pool
David and Kate in Tanuri Ridge pool
David and Kate in Tanuri Ridge pool
David and Kate in Tanuri Ridge pool
David and Kate in Tanuri Ridge pool
Kate swings at the ball
Fireworks seen from our nighborhood
David, Katelyn and Granddad
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
