Sutherland Trail In Catalina State Park — HDR Image by kenne
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The Sonoran Desert Connects You To The World 2 comments
Sutherland Trail Wildflowers 2 comments
Purple Owl’s-Clover, Desert Poppies, and Western Honeybee On Sutherland Trail — Image by kenne
“I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing and defends
nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not by his own will.”
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On The Trail 1 comment
Sutherland Trail — Image by kenne
Beautiful flowers
Line the hiking trails in spring
So much to observe.
— kenne
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A Springtime That Was Not In Desert Leave a comment
Sutherland Trail (March 27, 2015)– Image by kenne
Springtime in the desert —
What’s not to love
when the flowers
are blooming!
The continuing drought
in the southwest
has devastated
this spring’s growth.
— kenne
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Sonoran Desert Wildflowers — Spring Fever 3 comments
Sonoran Desert Wildflowers (April 2015) — Images by kenne
Spring Fever
Flourishing in
activity
the desert
spring
comes
alive
making
being alive
special
now that
winter is
dead
birds
singing
wildflowers
abound —
spring fever.
— kenne
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Horned Lizard Near Desert Lupine 2 comments
Horned Lizard Near Desert Lupine — Image by kenne
Hiding in the shade
Protected from danger’s threat
Safe evocation.
— kenne
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Never In My Eyes 1 comment
Thistle and Bees — Images by kenne
Your beauty will fade
A time nature determines
Never in my eyes.
— kenne
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SCVN Leads Hike On The Sutherland Trail Leave a comment
Hiking Sutherland Trail In Catalina State Park — Images by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Desert Wildflowers, Sutherland Trail 7 comments
Sonoran Desert Wildflowers Along The Sutherland Trail In Catalina State Park, Arizona — Images by kenne
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Spring colors deserts
Beautifying a harsh land
With nature’s softness.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Cristate (or Crested) Saguaro 4 comments
While hiking on the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park, we spotted this most unusual cristate (or crested) saguaro not far from the trail. Most cristate saguaros have a mutation that forms at the top of the cactus, giving it a crown appearance. At one time, this may have been the case with this saguaro; however, as it grew and aged, its new arms grew taller than the crown. Of course, this is a guess using my limited knowledge of saguaros, especially the mutated ones. Even though I refer to the unusual growth as a mutation, biologists disagree on the cause.
The nest in the cactus is probably that of a Curve-billed Thrasher since they like to build their nest in a dense thorny shrub or a clump of cactus. Click here to see many more images of the rare form of cactus
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Lavender, Blue And Yellow 5 comments
New Mexico Thistle — Image by kenne
Lavender, Blue, and Yellow
Standing tall above
the golden poppies
and blue lupines
grows a warlike flower,
several inflorescences
branching from the summit,
near the dusty paths
of the Sutherland Trail.
Bees move independently
through the fields
of blue and yellow,
only the diligent
tunneling into
the cushion of lavender
before the arrival
of the painted ladies.
— kenne
Mexican Poppies and Desert Lupines in Catalina State Park — Image by kenne
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- Capturing The Moment – Wildflowers In Ventana Canyon (kenneturner.wordpress.com)
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Capturing The Moment — Sutherland Trail In The Spring Time Leave a comment
Mexican Poppies and Desert Lupine along the Sutherland Trail in Catalina State Park — Image by kenne
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- Catalina Park Wildflower Report 2/21/12 (naturalhistorywanderings.com)
