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Aspen Trail Autumn Colors On Mt. Lemmon   2 comments

Aspen Trail Autumn Colors on Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne

Events drift in the lattice of time,
stitched by light’s patient hand.

Shift the coordinates,
and yesterday’s truth dissolves—
what was simultaneous
now follows itself in echo.

What you see in nature
depends on where you’re standing.

Southern Dogface # 7   Leave a comment

Southern Dogface # 7 — Image by kenne

The southern dogface is a common butterfly this time of year here in Tucson,
and they are especially attracted to the Mexican Bird of Paradise blossoms. 

Though nothing can bring back the hour      

Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;     

      We will grieve not, rather find     

      Strength in what remains behind; 

      In the primal sympathy    

      Which having been must ever be;

      In the soothing thoughts that spring       

      Out of human suffering;   

      In the faith that looks through death,     

In years that bring the philosophic mind.

— from 536. Ode Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth