Springtime On The Trail — Image by kenne
Poppies and lupines
Seem to stand at attention
As we pass on by.
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Santa Catalina Mountains’ Tag
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On The Tail To Thimble Peak 2 comments
On The Tail To Thimble Peak — Image by kenne
Thimble Peak insight
We cross a windblown meadow
A path less traveled.
— kenne
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Snow In The Mountains Leave a comment
Snow In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Images by kenne
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Cold Mountain has many hidden wonders,
People who climb here are always getting scared.
When the moon shines, water sparkles clear
When the wind blows, grass swishes and rattles.
On the bare plum, flowers of snow
On the dead stump, leaves of mist.
At the touch of rain it all turns fresh and live
At the wrong season you can’t ford the creeks.
— Gary Snyder from the Cold Mountain Poems
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Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry 1 comment
Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
— Gary Snyder
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Santa Catalina Mountains Seen From SaguaroNational Park Leave a comment
Santa Catalina Mountains from Saguaro National Park — Image by kenne
GENEROSITY
She brings him the licks
of a good guitarist,
a jarful of sky
from the tallest mountain
she has never bothered to climb,
shows him the shoeprint
of her favorite thief,
melting in a bank of April snow
just beyond her bedroom,
and when she kisses him
she tastes
a bundle of berries
too numerous to eat.
She stares into his beautiful
bloodshot eyes, believing
she looks
like the perfect gift
with those ribbons
in her hair; he cannot
refuse the ample lesson
her body was built
to provide. She has only
to ask him once
to fasten the fingers on
and set upon her nightly,
learning the stops
and limits of her song —
the vibrato of the dark
the spidery scales,
the frets along her spine.
— Charles Rafferty
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Two Photos From The Trail Leave a comment
Hiking Ventana Canyon Trail in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Images by kenne
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Trail To Maiden Pools Panorama Leave a comment
Trail To Maiden Pools — Panorama by kenne
Chaste goddess, well indeed thou knowest that I
Desire to be a virgin all my life,
Nor ever wish to be man’s love or wife.
I am, thou know’st, yet of thy company,
A virgin, who loves the hunt and venery,
And to go rambling in the greenwood wild,
And not to be a wife and be with child.
— From The Canterbury Tales
