Cactus Wren In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
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White-crowned Sparrow In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
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Alamos Stairway — Image by kenne
― Possession
Deer In Madera Canyon — Image by kenne
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Mockingbird in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
— Paulo Coelho
Drawing In The Sand — Image by kenne
He draws in the sand
She watches the tide
Soon to wash away
Leaving behind a surface
Ready for another day.
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Let’s Dance — Image by kenne
Let’s dance
Let’s dance
For fear your grace should fall
Let’s dance
For fear tonight is all
Let’s sway
You could look into my eyes
Let’s sway
Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight
— from Let’s Dance by David Bowie
Green Heron — Image by kenne
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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
Hutch’s Pool — Two Images Merged in Photoshop by kenne (11/18/11)
Image by Phil Bentley as I Was Photographing Around Hutch’s Pool (11/13/15)
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Tarantula on Bug Springs Trail (November 13, 2020) — Image by kenne
I spotted the young tarantula while hiking the Bug Springs trail last Friday
in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The trail’s elevation is between 5,000/6,000′
elevation as we continue hiking at lower levels of the Santa Catalina Mountains.
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Bakery Art In Aria Resort and Casino — Image by kenne
Sitting Happy Buddha at Aria Resort And Casino — Image by kenne
— Buddha
Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia) — Image by kenne
So, I begin researching articles on butterfly color and found “The evolution of color:
How butterfly wings can shift in hue” in ScienceDaily. They found that buckeyes
and other Junonia species can create a rainbow of structural colors simply by tuning
the thickness of the wing scale’s bottom layer (the lamina), which creates
iridescent colors in the same way a soap bubble does.
“In each Junonia species, structural color came from the lamina. And they are producing
a big range of lamina thicknesses that create a rainbow of different colors, everything
from gold to magenta to blue to green,” says first author Rachel Thayer.
“This helps us understand how structural color has evolved over millions of years.”
You can find more information structured color at Marine Biological Laboratory.
(Please note, I’m a photographer, not a biologist.)
— kenne
‘Vegas Night’ View from Our Room in Aria Resort & Casino (November 5, 2020) — Image by kenne
― from The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by
