“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
Archive for the ‘Tucson Arizona’ Tag
Star Power Leave a comment
Islands in the sky
Let the Woods Crowd Out Leave a comment
Image by kenne
Lost and certain of it, the woods crowd in
allowing only glimpses of the track
that was so clear and broad and well traveled
only moments back where the sun fell bright
between the leaves to dapple the mast, but
lost and certain of it, the woods crowd in
spinning the senses like leaves in a wind
risen from the past to obscure the path
that was so clear and broad and well traveled.
— from “Lost and certain of it” by Bryce Milligan
Male Broad-billed Hummingbird 1 comment
Male Broad-billed Hummingbird — Image by kenne
The Hummingbird
The sunlight speaks. And its voice is a bird:
It glitters half-guessed half seen half-heard
Above the flower bed. Over the lawn …
A flashing dip and it is gone.
And all it lends to the eye is this —
A sunbeam giving the air a kiss.
— Harry Kemp
Western Branded Skipper Leave a comment
Western Branded Skipper — Image by kenne
Yellow Flower — Creating a New Consciousness Leave a comment
“Yellow Flower in Circles and Squares” — Image by kenne
Sometimes to appreciate beauty
it must be taken out of context
to capture a new perspective
based on my love of nature, sex
and life in a new consciousness
for the flower is neither
a subject nor an object
apart from being a flower.
— kenne
Desert Chicory Bouquet 4 comments
Desert Chicory Bouquet — Computer Art by kenne
For they spring fresh as the mountain flower
From the heart as pure and free
To my lips, and die for a word of power,
That would tell their depths to thee.
But like the flowers on the mountain side
That bloom through the wind and rain.
I will constant prove, whate’er betide,
Dear friend, though our paths are twain.
— from Mountain Flowers by Louisa Lawson
Looking for Sonoran Toads in Sabino Canyon 2 comments
The monsoon rains bring new life to the Sonoran Desert. This past week has experienced some very good rain fall, especially in the mountains. The start of the monsoon season brings out the Sonoran toads, but they breed in water, and even with the recent rains we have had several months of no rain and Sabino Creek remains dry. The above photo was taken this morning, but based on sighting a few miles up the creek, there maybe water flowing over the dam by night fall.
Down from the dam, there are few pools of water that Jeanne, Dan and I explored this morning and found some toads. The mating season will last only a few days, so with more rain expected today and tomorrow, and with water coming down the creek, the toads will probably be very active the next couple of days.
— kenne
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