Overlooking the Sabino Dam — Image by kenne
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is a great place for children to be, but in this age of
coronavirus schools are closed meaning no field trips. Children and adult programs
offered by Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists are now canceled untiled next October.
Like all communities around the globe, we are dealing with a new normal.
— kenne
Sabino Dam, January 2020 — Image by kenne
— kenne
Mallard Duck in the Water Above the Sabino Dam — Image by kenne
— Philip Roth
Water Above Sabino Dam — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Yesterday was cloudy to high-clouds day in Sabino Canyon. I was down around the creek and dam area taking fall and wildflower photos. One of the photos was a reflection on the water above the dam. Once the image was on my computer, I flipped it and began to use layers and brushes to create this surreal painting.
A watchful eye
may have you feel
disoriented,
hallucinatory, or
in a dream —
yes, it’s a
irrational reality.
— kenne
Verdin In A Desert Willow — Image by kenne
Verdins are very common in riparian areas of the Sonoran Desert and can be found along the Sabino Canyon creekbed where there are plenty of willows, cottonwoods, and Arizona sycamores. On New Years Day there were several in the willows near the Sabino Dam foraging for insects on the willow stems.
This small hardy and adaptable bird is not closely related to any other bird in the western hemisphere. Scientists now believe that its closest relatives are several species of small, plain birds found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Verdins have a plain gray color with yellow on the head and throat. In this image, the sunlight really brings out the yellow against the blue desert sky.
— kenne
Sabino Dam in June — Panorama by kenne
— kenne
“Spring On The Rocks” (Sabino Creek near the dam.) — Image by kenne
― Anne Spollen, The Shape of Water
