Eastern Collared Lizard — Image by kenne
Another sign of spring in the desert are our reptile friends, most scurrying about making it difficult to photograph. But not the eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), who like to pose for you on a nearby rock.
Welcome back, my friend — it is spring time in the Sonoran desert.
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Bee On Fairy Duster — Image by kenne
— from The Humblebee by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tucson Folk Festival — Image by kenne— kenne
Spring In Tanuri Ridge (May 2, 2016) — Image by kenne
Palo Verde blossoms are in full bloom all over Tucson.
Mariposa Lily — Image by kenne
Carpenter Bee On A Mesquite Tree Blossom (April 1, 2016) — Image by kenne
— from Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho
Spring Cactus Blossom — Image by kenne
Parry Penstemon — Image by kenne
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake — Images by kenne
(Click on any image for larger view in a slideshow format.)
Brittlebush (Sabino Canyon, February 23, 2016) — Grunge Art Gallery Image by kenne
“Beveled Heaven” (Thimble Peak View from behind Palo Verde Blossoms in Sabino Canyon))
— Image by Kenne
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Desert Chicory Wildflower and Little Friends (Popcorn Flowers)– Image by kenne
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Creosote Bush — Image by kenne
Ornate Tree Lizards — Images by kenne
Mountain Marigold
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.
“Happy Bees” — Images by kenne
