Snow On The Catalinas — Computer Painting by kenne
mountains and valleys
diversity all around
what is not to love
— kenne
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Just A Short Drive Into The Mountains — Snow Leave a comment
First Snowball Fight 8 comments
Most people don’t come to the desert to see snow, they come here to get away from it. But when you are a five-year-old boy living on the Texas gulf coast and have never been in snow, why not.
So, on the first day of Jill;s and James’ visit, we headed up Catalina highway to Mt. Lemmon.
At seven thousand feet, James kept asking, “Where’s the snow?” “I don’t see any snow!” We had stopped at Windy Point Vista for James to get his “mountain-feet.” A short distance beyond Windy Point Vista we started to see snow in shady along the highway and signs that James just might become a believer — Yes, James, there is snow on Mt. Lemmon.
This all being a new experience, James carefully picks up pieces of snow near the Ski Valley parking lot to toss.
It didn’t take James long to get the gist of it.
After spending some time at Ski Valley, we headed over the Marshall Gulch and walked down the snow-packed road.
By now the snowball fighting had taken on a new level of seriousness.
Photos of James, Mom, and Grandma by kenne
A short video clip playing in the snow at Ski Valley on M.t Lemmon.
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When Opposites Are One 10 comments
“The Hunters In the Snow,” oil painting on wood by Pieter Bruegel
This work of Pieter Bruegel is a favorite of many people, but most know of his paintings only because of this painting, “Hunters in the Snow,” a scene appearing on many Christmas cards. His paintings are beautiful because of his compositions make one of opposites, based on Eli Siegel’s principle of aesthetic realism: “All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making of one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.”
opposites are one
composing yesteryear’s coldness
stretching through time
standing still in the moment
searching the unrestricted
working with opposites
reassuring in sameness
emphasizing divergence
promising order
pleasing to self
–kenne
(First posted December 15, 2009)
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Fall Leaves After A Morning Rain Leave a comment
Fall Leaves After A Morning Rain On Mount Lemmon — Images in HD by kenne
there’s a dry cold air
remaining after a dawn rain
in the high desert mountains
not cold enough to snow
yet cold enough
to send a chill
throughout your body
the morning sunrise guides light
inside the dark forest
just ahead of a morning jogger
following a trail
forming a seam
across the forest floor
carpeted with leaves
of red and gold
dotted with raindrops
appearing to jump
as the returning light
glimmers through
each temporary dome
soon to disappear
beneath a winter blanket of snow
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Desert Dead Wood 2 comments
“Desert Dead Wood” — Image by kenne
“One by one her limbs succumb
to weight of vine and snow.
Winds blow hard, she cannot bend
her roots let go, she tips, and then . . .
her lumbering carcass comes to rest
amongst the rocks and flowers
in the understory of her youth.
Prayerful chipmunks eulogize.
Mulching worms and micro-organisms
tenderize what’s left of her.
Old molecules and rare earth ions
seek asylum in the rain, penetrate the hairy roots,
and rise up through the xylem of her progeny.”
— from Dead Wood by Ken Ingham
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Capturing The Moment — Snow Off The Desert Trail 2 comments
Snow Off The Desert Trail — Image by kenne
Just as the snow was melting,
I stumbled upon a desert trail
Free of snow-covered brush.
A trail beaten by foot and hoof,
Warmer than the air above
A winding path near the wash.
Providing a picture of contrasts,
To which the passing eye catches
Creating an image for the painter.
kenne
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Snow Melts Quickly In The Desert 1 comment
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Capturing The Moment — Snow On The Tucson Mountains 13 comments
Images of the Tucson Mountains from the Catalina Foothills by kenne
Of the mountains surrounding Tucson, Santa Catalina, Rincon, and Santa Rita, the Tucson Mountains are lowest in elevation. Therefore, seeing snow on them is very unusual. The recent snows in the Tucson area provided for images rarely seen in this desert city.
kenne
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Snow On The Catalinas — The Morning After 6 comments
“Snow On The Catalinas” — Image by kenne
This view is from the Tanque Verde Wash over Tanuri Ridge toward the Sabino Canyon area of the Santa Catalina Mountains after an unusually low elevation snow fall.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Snow In Tucson 2 comments
Images by kenne
Knowing that today’s snow was forecasted, with high temperatures on the 30’s, I took before and after self-images with my iPhone. Yesterday I was at the pool when the temperature was 70. What a different a day makes!
We are at an elevation of about 2,700 feet, so most of the higher elevations are getting much more snow. You might ask . . . yes, this snow is very unusual.
kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Snow Covered Catalina’s 5 comments
View From The Patio — Image by kenne
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A Dusting Of Snow At The Lower Elevations O the Catalina Mountains This Morning Leave a comment
View from our patio this morning — Image by kenne
We woke up to a little rain on a chilly desert morning with a dusting of snow at the lower elevations of the Catalina mountains — of course, nothing like what the northeast is dealing with this morning.
kenne
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New Year’s Eve Snow On The Mountain — Panoramic Views 6 comments
Panoramic Views of The Santa Catalina Mountains, December 31, 2012 — Images by kenne
Over night we received .6 inches of rain and Mount Lemmon another 10 inches of snow. The clouds block the mountain peaks above 5,000 feet, but the cooler temperatures brought snow down to the 3,500 foot level — my favorite way to see snow from the desert below. Last night’s rain brought the total rain fall for the year to 11.6 inches, a little below normal.
Tomorrow the Catalina Highway is expected to be open, as will as Ski Valley, which are normally closed on Tuesdays — wish my legs could take to the slopes.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — First Snow On The Mountain 4 comments
A Blanket of Snow — Image by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — First Snow In The Santa Catalina Mountains 7 comments
First Snow In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
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