Greater Roadrunner On Patio Wall — Image by kenne
April thirty-four
A future date from the past
Trust at the moment.
— kenne
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A Visitor On The Wall Leave a comment
Hedgehog Cactus Blossoms 2 comments
Hedgehog Cactus (genus Echinocereus) Blossoms — Image by kenne
The hedgehog cactus earned its name because its short, spiny stems resemble hedgehogs.
The blossoms last for five days, opening in the morning and closing at night.
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Easter Is Gone, But Not The Bunny In The Moment Leave a comment
Easter Is Gone, But Not The Bunny — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Existence only becomes clear through reason;
reason only has content through existence.
By philosophizing, I seek to call attention to the limits of knowledge,
not with the skeptical purpose of disposing of knowledge altogether,
but rather in order to let the truth which always lies just beyond
those limits shine through for a moment.”
— kenne
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Property Line Outside Tucson Leave a comment
Property Line Outside Tucson– Image by kenne
Three Sketches of Anxiety
I’ve got two hands and an urge
to yank out your teeth,
my lover said, dropping the dress
she made from my shirt
to the floor, to see the landscape
a mouth of holes might look like.
Maybe jagged potholes on a rainslick
street, she said, climbing over
the bed. Maybe, she winked, a prairie
dog town in West Texas after a flood.
—Curtis Bauer
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Redwing Blackbirds At Sweetwater Wetlands Leave a comment
Redwing Blackbirds Are Very Common At The Sweetwater Wetlands Park In Tucson (April 29, 2022) — Images by kenne
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Lucid Moments 1 comment
Costa’s Hummingbird Outside Kitchen Window – Image by kenne
Don’t Allow the Lucid Moment to Dissolve
Don’t allow the lucid moment to dissolve
Let the radiant thought last in stillness
though the page is almost filled and the flame flickers
We haven’t risen yet to the level of ourselves
Knowledge grows slowly like a wisdom tooth
The stature of a man is still notched
high up on a white door
From far off, the joyful voice of a trumpet
and of a song rolled up like a cat
What passes doesn’t fall into a void
A stoker is still feeding coal into the fire
Don’t allow the lucid moment to dissolve
On a hard dry substance
you have to engrave the truth
— Adam Zagajewski
Translated by Renata Gorczynski
Translated by Renata Gorczynski
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Desert Chicory Leave a comment
Two Bees On Desert Chicory — HDR Image by kenne
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength
that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the
repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Rachel Carson
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Mourning Doves 2 comments
Mourning Doves On European Fan Palms — Images by kenne
A graceful, slender-tailed, small-headed dove that’s common across the continent.
Mourning Doves perch on telephone wires and forage for seeds on the ground;
their flight is fast and bullet straight. Their soft, drawn-out calls sound like laments.
When taking off, their wings make a sharp whistling or whinnying. Mourning Doves are
the most frequently hunted species in North America. — Source: All About Birds
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More Cactus Blossoms 1 comment
Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms — Images by kenne
Most people, when asked to identify a yellow spring flower would probably identify daffodils.
But, in the sunny Tucson area, most people would say the prickly pear cactus blossom,
or the palo verde blossoms.
Yellow is a warm and friendly color and most associated with is the sun. During spring,
it almost seems like the sun changes its light from a cold white to a warm and glowy yellow.
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Arizona Gray Squirrel 2 comments
Arizona Gray Squirrel On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
“the squirs came to my house.”
“they did?”
“yes.”
“squirrels?”
“squirs!”
“were there many of them?”
“many of them.”
“what happened?”
“they talked to me.”
“they did?”
“yes, they talked to me.”
“what did they say?”
“they asked me if I wanted . . .”
“what did they say?”
“they asked me if I wanted a fix.”
“what? what did you say?”
“I said — ‘they asked me if I wanted a fix.’ “
“and what did you say?”
“I said, ‘no.’
“and what did the squirs say?”
“they said, ‘WELL, ALL RIGHT!’ “
— from notes of a dirty old man by Charles Bukowski
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The Easter Bunny Was Here! Leave a comment
Easter Morning Walk (April 17, 2022) — Image by kenne
Turns out bunnies don’t lay eggs.
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Quote From The Four Winds Leave a comment
“As we know, there are lessons to be learned from history.
Hope to be derived from hardships faced before.
We’ve gone through bad times before and survived, even thrived.
History has shown us the strength and durability of the human spirit,
In the end, it is our idealism and our courage, and our commitment to one another
–what we have in common–that will save us.”
— from “The Four Winds” by
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Yellow On Blue Leave a comment
Blooming Palo Verde Tree Under A Tucson Blue Sky — Image by kenne
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One Down, Two To Go Leave a comment
Because These Cactus Blossoms Opened During Easter Week, They Are Our Easter White Cactus Blossoms. — Image by kenne
Our potted cactus
Grows too slow to be noticed
Until it’s springtime.
— kenne
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Hiking Shoes — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Stumble On
My hiking shoes rest in the garage
Next to the hiking poles, yet
I continue to stumble on —
Stumble on down life’s path.
A life of jogging, enduring pain
Followed by a decade of hiking
Enduring pain in an old man’s body,
Yet I continue to stumble on —
Stumble on down life’s path
Trying not to let a stumble
Become a fall on life’s path.
— kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 