Albert’s Towhee Art by kenne
Art is a language that transcends barriers and speaks directly to the soul.
— Cai Guo Qiang
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Spring Wildflowers In The Sonoran Desert 2 comments
This book by Frank S. Rose is more like a bible for naturalists walking and hiking in southern Arizona.
The abundance of wildflowers varies from year to year, and this year is definitely one of the better years.
“I was lying on the ground in Molina Basin, camera at the ready, attempting to photograph a flower. I had no idea what it was, but I had a list of the plants in the Santa Catalina Mountains. How, I wondered, would I connect what I was seeing through my camera lens with a particular plant on the list? Then I heard a woman’s voice. ‘Ooh, another plant photography.” I looked up to see two women approaching. The person who spoke introduced herself as Joan Tedford, and, to my delight and amazement, she was the person who had made this list I was using . . . Joan invited us to join a group that takes a weekly nature walk in the Catalinas. Every week for the summer and into the fall I happily followed the leader, Bob Porter, as we explored many different trails, noting plants, birds, and anything else of interest along the way. So began a ten-year adventure, some of the happiest hours of my life, spent in the company of Joan Tedford, Bob Porter, and other Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists who helped us explore the extensive trail system in this Sky Island range.” — Frank S. Rose
(Click On Any Of The Tiled Photos To See A Larger Image.)
“The Sonoran Desert is nature’s giant watercolor.”
— unknown
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Flame Skimmer Dragonfly 5 comments
Flame Skimmer Dragonfly (Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson) — Image by kenne
“Despite its dark veins, the transparency of dragonfly’s wings assures me of a pure, innocent world.”
— Munia Khan
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Late Winter Sunlight Leave a comment
Late Winter Sunlight — Painting by kenne
“The light of winter is the poetry of patience.”
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Another Beautiful Spring Day Leave a comment
Brittlebush Blossoms at Picacho Peak State Park — Image by kenne
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This Is Us 3 comments
This Is Us In Chamoisee Glaze
There is, it seems to us,
A best, only a limited value
In the knowledge derived from experience.
The knowledge imposes a pattern, and falsifies,
For the pattern is new in every moment
And every moment is a new and shocking
Valuation of all we have been.
— from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
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Blue Dasher At Sweetwater Wetlands 4 comments
Blue Dasher Dragonfly at Sweetwater Wetlands — Image by kenne
Warming in the sun
On this chilly spring morning
Life on a new day.
— kenne
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Sandhill Cranes — Framed Art 1 comment
Sandhill Cranes at Whitewater Draw — Framed Art by kenne
Each morning, we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
— Buddha
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This Painted Lady Is A Beauty 1 comment
This Painted Lady On Pineland Trailing Lantana Is A Beauty — Image by kenne
“Wildflowers can’t be controlled, neither can a butterfly.”
— kenne
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Taking Nature Notes Leave a comment
Taking Notes On My First SCVN Training Class Nature Walk (09/14/2011) — Image by kenne
STANDING AT THE ALTAR OF NATURE
When we stand
at the altar of nature,
we stand with the greats;
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Henry David Thoreau,
and John Muir,
each having helped define
our relationship
with nature and language –
“every natural fact is a symbol
of some spiritual fact,
. . . words are signs of natural facts.”
Nature’s beauty becomes
a source of spiritual energy
connecting all things
into a universal whole
with the energy of our
thoughts and will.
We stand at nature’s alter as man
not separate from her,
seeing her in the flowers,
insects, animals, mountains,
creating a unified landscape
of our inward and outward senses.
Like all relationships,
the experience depends
on the degree of harmony
between us and nature,
therefore becoming a gift
granted while walking with nature
as she is embraced in our minds –
Enlighten, she shares her secrets,
making the universe more “transparent.”
Yet the gift may only offer a glimpse,
to be shared in images and words,
charming all living things.
— kenne
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Saguaros In Sabino Canyon Leave a comment
Saguaros In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
“People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.”
— James Joyce
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BMW Sunset 1 comment
BMW Sunset — Image by kenne
All that glitters.
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Cactus Wren 1 comment
Cactus Wren — Image by kenne
A cactus wren may spend time on top of a saguaro,
but they prefer the protection given by the cholla cactus.
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Desert Lupine 1 comment
Desert Lupine — Image by kenne
Spring in the canyon
New colors cover the ground
Bringing happiness.
— kenne
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Now That I Have Your Attention 2 comments
‘Now That I Have Your Attention’ — Norman Rockwell-style Image by kenne
Norman Rockwell’s style was an exaggerated realism–real-looking people and situations but with a hint of caricature.
I’ll never have enough time to capture all the images I’d like to.
— kenne
