Archive for the ‘Santa Catalina Mountains’ Tag

Hazy Morning   Leave a comment


Hazy Morning Sun In Sabino Canyon — Silhouette Image by kenne

Saguaro cutouts
against a milky sun—
even the shadows
drink their coffee slow
out here.

— kenne

Mushrooms and Moss   5 comments

Mushrooms and Moss on Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne

Moss holds the slope together.

Mushrooms rise, then vanish.

Water remembers both.

— kenne

Mushroom Art   2 comments

Mushroom Art — Image by kenne

On dead wood

color breaks open:

spores, brushstrokes, breath.

The forest practices

its oldest craft—reuse.

— kenne

Birdbill Dayflower   Leave a comment

Birdbill Dayflowers On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne

There is always this temptation
to keep walking,
to believe forward motion
is the same as purpose.
But the Birdbill dayflower
interrupts me—
a blue so exact it feels deliberate.
I kneel.
The mountain does not applaud.
It allows me this moment
of belonging,
as if I have earned nothing
and been given everything.

— kenne

Morning Clouds   Leave a comment

Morning Clouds After Overnight Rains — Image by kenne

Clouds resting on ridge.
Ridge resting in clouds.
No coming,
no going—
only this.

— kenne

Intuition Enjoys Life and Its Challenges   Leave a comment

Female Phainopepla In Sabino Canyon — Photo-artistry by kenne

Whenever we need
to make a very important decision
it is best to trust our instincts,
because reason usually tries to
remove us from our dream,
saying that the time is not yet right.
Reason is afraid of defeat,
but intuition enjoys life and its challenges.

— Paulo Coelho

 

Clouds Floating Over The Catalinas   Leave a comment

Clouds Floating Over The Catalinas — Image by kenne

This is not drama but clarity:
mountain and cloud
locked in mutual definition,
each made real
by the other’s presence.

—  kenne

Death Happens   Leave a comment

Death Happens — Image by kenne

Death happens
the way rain does—
announced by no one,
soaking the afternoon
until even the living
forget when it began.

— kenne

Raven In The Storm   7 comments

Raven In the Storm — Image by kenne

The raven grips the crooked limb
as if the whole sky might slip away.

Clouds bruise the distance.

Wind tugs at every loose thing—
except this raven,
who has already made a pact
with the storm.

— kenne

Winter Rains   Leave a comment

Front Range of the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne

Winter rain—
desert floor darkens,
mountains hold the clouds
like old agreements
finally kept.

— kenne

Sunset After A Rainy Day   5 comments

Sunset Over The Santa Catalina Mountains After a Rainy Day — Image by kenne

Desert-Luminous

Rain darkens the foothills,
but the sunset slips through a break in the clouds —
a copper flare brushing the Catalinas
as if the mountains were being forged anew.

— kenne

Regal Horned Lizard   Leave a comment

The Regal Horned Lizard, Sometimes Called a Horny Toad — Image by kenne

The Regal Horned Lizard settles into the grit,
color-matched to the stones and dust.

You can stare right at it
and never know you’re being watched.

— kenne

Desert Imagist   3 comments

Wispy Clouds High Above The Santa Catalina Mountains — by kenne

Desert Imagist

Thin wispy clouds —

ice threads pulled across the high blue,

as if the sky were mending itself

with pale stitching.

Desert Noir   4 comments

Desert Noir  by kenne

black sky—

sepia arms

lifted

in a dry

hallelujah.

One Brief Throne   1 comment

Empress Leilia On A Foothills Wildflower — Image by kenne

The Empress Leilia lands,
her wings a hush of amber light.
One brief throne—
a wildflower trembling
under her grace.
The mountain holds its breath
to watch beauty pause.
The desert bows once,
then forgets.

— kenne