Blooming Blue Palo Verde Trees (Tanuri Drive in Tanuri Ridge) — Image by kenne
This time of year the Catalina Foothills are a blaze
with the yellow blossoms of the Arizona state tree, the Blue Palo Verde.
— kenne
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Palo Verde Trees Blooming In Tanuri Ridge Leave a comment
A Tanuri Ridge Spring 1 comment
A Blooming Foothills Palo Verde In Tanuri Ridge (April 11, 2018, Tucson, Arizona) — Image by kenne
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye;
There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.
— William C. Bryant
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Springtime In The Sonoran Desert Leave a comment
Springtime In The Sonoran Desert — Image by kenne
“The morning is still and perfectly clear…
How cool and crystalline the air!
In a few hours the great plain
will be almost like a fiery furnace
under the rays of the summer sun,
but now it is chilly. And in a few hours
there will be rings and bands with scarves
of heat set wavering across the waste upon
the opalescent wings of the mirage;
but now the air is so clear that one can see
the breaks in the rocky face of the mountain range,
though it is fully twenty miles away…”
— from The Desert by John Van Dyke
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Palo Verde Blossoms Cover The Ground Leave a comment
Falling Palo Verde Blossoms
Image by kenne
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Palo Verdes Blooming All Over Tucson Leave a comment
Palo Verdes Blooming All Over Tucson — Image by kenne
Green palo verde trees
Grace Tucson streets and canyons
With their yellow blooms.
— kenne
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Palo Verde Tree Blossoms (March 31, 2016) Images by kenne
I tried to post these images this morning but the images were not in the posting. This is the second time everything was fine in the Preview, but no images when posted.
Some rain came overnight.
The morning is still and cool,
the air is crystalline,
free of springs pollen —
at least for now.
— kenne
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Early Palo Verde Blossoms In Sabino Canyon Leave a comment
Early Palo Verde Blossoms In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
The buds are many on the canyon’s palo verde trees.
A few are beginning to open,
soon to be followed by many others
turning this spindly green stick tree
into a beacon of yellow.
kenne
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Pools Of Sorrow, Waves Of Joy 6 comments
“Waves of Joy” — Image by kenne
Palo Verde trees, common to the Sonoran Desert, brighten the Tucson area in the springtime with millions of five-petaled yellow blossoms.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD — TRYING TO REASON
We traverse these streets,
sometimes early in the morning,
sometimes late in the day,
sometimes walking,
sometimes running —
always for a reason.
We wave at passersby,
sometimes we greet them,
sometimes it’s just a smile
sometimes we stop and talk,
sometimes walking together,
always for a reason.
We have neighborly expectations,
sometimes it’s watering plants,
sometimes it’s calling the ill,
sometimes it’s being complimentary,
sometimes it’s being watchful,
always for a reason.
We can be a convivial people,
sometimes we go out together,
occasionally we party together,
sometimes we join clubs together,
sometimes we share community work,
always for a reason.
We can be adversaries,
sometimes our expectations are not real,
sometimes we overreact,
sometimes we take reactions personally,
sometimes power is polarized, frustration generalized,
always for a reason.
We can be Pleasantville,
sometimes we are without color,
sometimes we are in pools of sorrow,
sometimes we are in waves of joy,
sometimes drifting through my open mind,
always for a reason.
— kenne
“Pools of Sorrow” — Image by kenne
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Color The “Green Stick” Yellow 1 comment
Palo Verde Tree In Bloom In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Called the green stick tree
Spring changes this desert plant,
Color it yellow.
— kenne
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Verdin Nest In The Sonoran Desert 5 comments
Verdin Nest In a Palo Verde Tree, Sonoran Desert — Image by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Palo Verde Sunset 2 comments
A recent sunset as seen through a palo verde tree near the patio. — Image by kenne
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Walking Down The Yellow-Tree Road 3 comments
Images by kenne
The Yellow-Tree Road
Resembling
diminutive fires;
blooming
on green sticks (Palo Verde);
setting
the desert a glow;
converging
roads in a sea of yellow;
alluring
sweet winds;
moving
desert naturalness;
knowing
the road less traveled.
kenne
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“A Palo Verde Morning” — Image by kenne
Yellow is the current color in the Catalina Foothills — so fresh!
kenne
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A Nurse Tree By Any Other Name 2 comments
A Young Saguaro Cactus Has A Barrel Cactus As A Nurse Tree — Image by kenne
The Sonoran desert is the home of saguaro cacti. Often, for young saguaros to survive, they are located near another faster-growing tree that shelters the slower-growing plant by providing shade, shelter from the wind and sun, or protection from animals that may feed on the young plant. Such a plant is called a nurse tree. In the Sonoran desert, such trees are usually Palo Verde, Ironwood, or mesquite trees, which explains why young saguaros are often seen near trees. It is therefore unusual that a young saguaro would have a barrel cactus as its nurse tree. Let’s hope this quirk of nature works for both since both will be competing for resources, possibly hastening the death of the young slow-growing saguaro.
kenne
Saguaro Cactus That Have Out-Lived Their Nurse Tree — Image by kenne
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- Ironwood Forest shooters of saguaros strike again (mysanantonio.com)
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Capturing the Moment — Desert Sunset Video 3 comments
Image by kenne
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Desert Sunset Angel wings gently flutter Streaks of pink and hues of purple Shades of gold mixed with blue I sit and watch their busy work |
Poem by Sherry L. Gibson — Source: Chick Here
Sunset Over Palo Verde Tree
video by kenne
