Silverpuff Blossom and Honey Bee — Image by kenne
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Silverpuff — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Capture the moment
First a beautiful yellow
Becoming silver.
— kenne
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Stages (Silverpuff Wildflower) — Image by kenne
So many life stages
Still, we group only a few
Let me count the ways.
— kenne
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“Star Power” Silverpuff Blossom In the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
Islands in the sky
High above the desert floor
Share the monsoon rains.
— kenne
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Silverpuff Blossom and Seeds 1 comment
Silverpuff Blossom and Seeds — Image by kenne
When picturing a wildflower
I see the blossom
not the seeds.
Picture a dandelion
a pretty yellow wildflower
not named after its
annoying seeds.
Picture a silverpuff
a pretty yellow wildflower
with toothed rays
radiating star-like points
only to be named after its
beautiful seeds —
a secondhand blossom.
— kenne
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Stages 2 comments
“Stages” (Silverpuff Wildflower) — Image by kenne
“It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wildflowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover.”
— Shannon L. Alder
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Wildflower Images, February 25, 2014 Nature Walk 7 comments
Arizona Popcorn
Blue Dicks
Desert Ragweed
Desert Zinnia
Fiddleneck
Musturd Evening Primrose
Silverpuff
Globemallow
Wildflower Images, February 25, 2014 Nature Walk by kenne [Place cursor over image to see name of flower, and/or click on any image to see slideshow.]
“Strolling on, it seems to me
that the strangeness and wonder
of existence are emphasized here,
in the desert,
by the comparative sparsity of the flora and fauna:
life not crowded upon life
as in other places
but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity,
with a generous gift of space
for each herb and bush and tree,
each stem of grass,
so that the living organism
stands out bold and brave and vivid
against the lifeless sand and barren rock.
The extreme clarity of the desert light
is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms.
Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”
— Edward Abbey
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Silverpuff — A Secondhand Blossom 1 comment
Silverpuff Blossom and Seeds — Image by kenne
When picturing a wildflower
I see the blossom
not the seeds.
Picture a dandelion
a pretty yellow wildflower
not named after its
annoying seeds.
Picture a silverpuff
a pretty yellow wildflower
with toothed rays
radiating star-like points
only to be named after its
beautiful seeds —
a secondhand blossom
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Silverpuff and Desert Chicory 6 comments
Silverpuff and Desert Chicory — Image by kenne
They grow up together
maturing in the desert sun.
She became a
beautiful white flower —
chicory by name.
Soon one night
he blossomed
into a handsome
yellow flower
only to change
dramatically
by mid-morning
to a silver globe —
silverpuff by name.
Standing there alone
only she knew
of his conversion —
making his change
even more special.
Coupled together
to the earth
their offspring
scattered to the wind.
Soon the very elements
that nurtured
their beginning
will bring about
their ending.
— kenne
Related articles
- Capturing The Moment – Desert Chicory (kenneturner.com)
- Arizona Wildflower Updates 3/14/13 (naturalhistorywanderings.com)
