The Big Horn fire this summer caused so much damage to the National Forest
in the Santa Catalina Mountains remains closed to the public. Therefore,
hiking and photographing wildflowers in the Catalinas will not be in 2020,
which provides a good excuse to revisit some wildflower photos over the past ten summers.
Richardson’s Geranium (07/30/14) — Image by kenne
Richardson’s Geranium Wildflower — Photo-Artistry by kenne
If literature has engaged me as a project, first as a reader,
then as a writer, it is an extension of my sympathies to
other selves, other domains, other dreams, other worlds, other territories.
— Susan Sontag
(I’m currently reading Benjamin Moser’s latest book, “Sontag — Her Life and Work.)
Richardson’s Geranium — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Late blooming blossoms
At color to the mountains
To the joy of bugs.
— kenne
Richardson’s Geranium on the Marshall Gulch Trail (July 15, 2016) — Computer Art by kenne
It was not unlike
any other trail
yet it is now
one switchback
holding a rock
upon which I stumbled
body out of balance
sliding down the slope
feet no longer beneath
time is warped
flashes of small logs
loosely placed
on the downslope
now moved by my body
slowing my parallel descent
hands grasping air
then rocks and dirt
body stabilizes
a quick account
of body position
points of pain
only to grimace
at my reckless fall and
undeft state of being
getting my bearing
in a standing crawl
I ascend to the trail
inspecting my camera
wiping off the dust
seeing a lone wildflower
a Richardson’s geranium
now faintly recalling
the dark pleasure of risk
body scratches will heal
creating in the now
my next place to fall
images of blood
on on the trail
blood of my blood
— kenne
Richardson’s Geranium, The Meadow Trail On Mount Lemmon — Image by kenne
Golden Columbine
Cranesbill
Aspen Fleabane
Bearded Penstemon
Wright’s Bluets
Macromeria
Western Sneezeweed
Richardson’s Geranium —
Hiking The Aspen Trail Wildflower Images by kenne (July 8, 2013)
Becoming is Superior to Being 