Spring View Off The Patio (Palo Verdes Blooming) — Image by kenne
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A New Year’s Eve Rainbow Leave a comment
Yesterday’s Rainbow (December 31, 2021) — Image by kenne
What this rainbow didn’t have in color, it made up for it in brightness.
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Life Is All About Perspectives 1 comment
‘Weed’ On the Patio — Photo-Artistry by kenne
I have subscribed to The New Yorker for years and find it helpful to see things from different perspectives; some I like, some I don’t. Many great writers, some of which I agree with, some I don’t. It’s all a matter of perspective, which is what this poem is all about — It’s only boogie-woogie.
BOOGIE-WOOGIE
You shout from the other room
You ask me how to spell boogie-woogie
And instantly I think what luck
no war has been declared
no fire has consumed
our city’s monuments
our bodies our dwellings
The fiver didn’t flood
no friends
have been arrested
It’s only boogie-woogie
I sign relieved
and say it’s spelled just as it sounds
boogie-woogie
— Adam Zagajewski (The New Yorker, July 5, 2021)
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Little Potted Cactus On The Patio — Image by kenne
“Its object of desire being infinite, art’s movement will
never cease to be carried perpetually forward, for it
will never discover a limit to what it seeks.”
— Saint Gregory of Nyassa
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Potted Lemon Tree 1 comment
Patio Lemon Tree — Image by kenne
We have had a potted Meyer lemon plant on our patio for several years.
We fertilize and water it regularly. The record-setting desert heat this year
has been rough on our small plant. Some of the lemons formed splits in the surface.
This is the first year we have experienced the splitting. In addition to the hotter
than normal temperatures, we have had a little over two inches of rain,
which is about four inches less than normal for this time of year.
This year we still have 15 lemons on the plant, which is not a lot for this plant.
A couple years back we harvested 55 lemons.
— kenne
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A Young Visitor On Our Patio 9 comments
A Visitor On The Patio (Immature Cooper’s Hawk) — Images by kenne
This immature Cooper’s Hawk perched on one of our patio chairs not far from the bird feeder frequented by doves for about one minute this morning. A mature hawk would have been up in the olive tree near the feeder. Even then, that doesn’t work as well as swooping from over the rooftop. They will learn. These images were taken through the patio door, which given the time of day the doors become a mirror.
— kenne
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Our Little Patio Friend 3 comments
Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (She/he actually lives on the other side of the wall.)– Image by kenne
Hawk in the olive tree
Squirrel on the ground
Moves quickly to avoid
Becoming the hawk’s
Next dinner on flight.
— kenne
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Mourning Dove In Nest 3 comments
Mourning Dove Image by kenne
Mourning Doves are primarily a bird of open country, scattered trees, and woodland edges, but large numbers roost in woodlots during winter. They feed on the ground in grasslands, agricultural fields, backyards, and roadsides.
They typically nest amid dense foliage on the branch of an evergreen, orchard tree, mesquite, cottonwood, or vine. Unbothered by nesting around humans, Mourning Doves may even nest on gutters, eaves, light fixtures or abandoned equipment.
The male will bring nesting material to the female. She generally builds a very flimsy nest with no insulation. This one is atop a light fixture right outside our door.
— kenne
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Holiday On The Patio 1 comment
Holiday On the Patio — Organic Photography by kenne
Shape
is everywhere
you look,
unless you
count air.
A photographer
is first a viewer
looking for
contrasts
in shapes.
Different
kinds of shapes
convey
different
massages.
Decide
on the message
before
capturing
the moment.
— kenne
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Mourning Doves Bathing In Patio Water Fountain (October 16, 2016) — Images by kenne
Mourning doves bathing
Children of stone pour water
For more than drinking.
— kenne
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Oops! 2 comments
Doves occasionally fly into our patio door window. The setting sun helps outline what remained
on the glass by one misdirected dove — oops!
The dove was all right, maybe a headache, but all right. (October 8, 2016)
— Image by kenne
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Echeveria Blossoms 2 comments
Echeveria Blossoms (April 5, 2016) — Images by kenne
These beautiful little echeveria blossoms (approximate 1.5cc in size) are potted succulents on our patio.
The images were taken using a micro Nikkor 40mm lens on my ten year old Nikon D200.
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“Peace At the End of the Day” — Computer Painting by kenne
Restful moments bring
Peace at the end of the day —
Sun, water, fire.
— kenne
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Patio Fire Pit For When the Olives Fall 1 comment
Patio Fire Pit — Image by kenne
Maybe it was because
the room was empty
that I walked
toward the patio doors.
Taken by the view,
walking onto the patio
knowing if only for a
short time,
I had to experience
many patio moments as possible —
sunsets, shadows on the mountains
and starry nights.
Moments have now been many
most without the women
whose view is but
a shifting glance.
On many a night
my heart tears
when the olives fall
and the desert nights chill,
seeking cover
warmth of fire
watching the flames
with a glass of Maker’s,
wrestling with the darkness,
not of the night but the spirit
of an inward monitor
on love and death.
— kenne
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First 100 Degree Day In Tucson May 30th 2 comments
Patio Sun Screen — Image by kenne
Our patio is where we can sit and watch the sunset. But when the temperatures start going over 100 degrees, it’s time for the patio sun screen. Through the screen we can watch the sunset with the shadows of the sago palm and olive tree on the screen — beautiful day in the desert!
We almost made it through May without hitting triple digits.
kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 