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Here We Go Round The Prickly Pear 1 comment

Prickly Pear — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.

Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow

— from The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot

Posted June 26, 2021 by kenneturner in Art, Information, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Prickly Pear Cactus, T.S. Eliot, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Idea, Motion, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Prickly Pear Cactus, Shadow, T. S. Eliot, The Hollow Men, Tucson Arizona

Intense Drought 2 comments

Intense Drought in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Prickly pear cactus are among the first cactus to die during a drought.

Posted February 15, 2021 by kenneturner in Cactus, Information, Photography, Prickly Pear, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Intense Drought, Prickly Pear Cactus, Sabino Canyon, Tucson Arizona

Prickly Pear Art Leave a comment

Prickly Pear Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Did you ever

trip and fall

on a cactus?

Try hiking

Blackett’s Ridge

in the light of

a full moon.

— kenne

Posted August 8, 2020 by kenneturner in Art, Information, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Prickly Pear Cactus, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Blackett's Ridge, Photo-Artistry, Poetry, Prickly Pear Cactus

“Here we go around the prickly pear” 2 comments

Prickly Pear Cactus in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.

–– from “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot

Posted May 20, 2018 by kenneturner in Arizona, Information, Photography, Poetry, Prickly Pear, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Poetry, Prickly Pear Cactus, Sabino Canyon, T. S. Eliot, The Hollow Men, Tucson Arizona

My Neighborhood 2 comments

My Neighborhood — Computer Painting by kenne

Love your neighbor as yourself,
but don’t take down the fence.

— Carl Sandburg

Posted December 21, 2017 by kenneturner in Arizona, Art, Computer Painting, Information, Photography, Photoshop, Prickly Pear Cactus, Tanuri Ridge

Tagged with Carl Sandburg, Computer Painting, My Neighborhood, Prickly Pear Cactus, Quote, Tanuri Ridge

Unusual Prickly Pear Cactus Leave a comment

Prickly Pear — Image by kenne

This unusual growth on a prickly pear pad caught our attention while hiking in Sabino Canyon yesterday.
I tried researching it online and was not able determine the nature of this growth. Need to seek out a botanist for an explanation.

kenne

Posted October 24, 2015 by kenneturner in Cactus, Information, Prickly Pear Cactus, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Tucson Arizona

Tagged with Arizona, Botanist, Cactus, Capturing the Moment, Hiking, Prickly Pear Cactus, Sabino Canyon

Capturing The Moment — Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel Leave a comment

ground squirrel (1 of 1) blog Round-tailed ground squirrel (Sabino Canyon, March 3, 2015)– Image by kenne

ground squirrel (1 of 1) blog art Computer painting by kenne

Posted March 3, 2015 by kenneturner in Art, Capturing the Moment, Education, Information, Nature, Photography

Tagged with Arizona, Computer Painting, D800, Prickly Pear Cactus, Round-tailed Ground Squirrel, Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

Glory In The Morning 3 comments

Ivyleaf Morning Glory On A Prickly Pear Cactus, Pima Canyon — Image by kenne

Desert hiking where

There’s glory in the morning

Climbing a cactus.

— kenne

Posted November 3, 2014 by kenneturner in Information, Nature, Photography, Poetry

Tagged with D800, Haiku, Hiking, Iveleaf Morning Glory, Morning Glory, Pima Canyon, Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Santa Catalina Mountains, SCVN, Sonoran Desert, Tucson Arizona

Plants Grow In The Strangest Places — Part II 8 comments

iPhone Image by kenne

Since the last post on plants growing in the strangest places, Joy and I went out for a neighborhood walk. Maybe my eye is now trained to spot prickly pear cactus growing on saguaro cactus, but guess what, I saw another one — I couldn’t believe it! Two in two days!

Maybe it’s not that unusual, but two in two days — maybe I need to consult with some experts. I did a Google search and the only thing near this kind of sighting is my previous posting. The strange just gets stranger!

kenne

Posted January 12, 2014 by kenneturner in Information, Life, Nature, Photography

Tagged with neighborhood, Plants growing in the Strangest Places, Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Prickly Pear On A Saguaro, Saguaro Cactus, Strangest Places

In The Arms Of Another — Plants Can Grow In The Strangest Places 2 comments

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Beyond Tucson Event-9485 blog A Prickly Pear Cactus Growing on a Giant Saguaro in Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne

Plants have been known to grow in some of the strangest places. Many people may thank of plants out-of-place (whatever that is) as a weed. But, when you think about it, plants don’t have the option of moving to a better place — it’s make the best of it, or perish!

Obviously, this prickly pear cactus is trying to make the best of being in the arms of a giant saguaro cactus. So far, the conditions have been right — may the force of nature be with you.

kenne