Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
I look at a sunset
and begin to wonder
what is the relationship
between the senses
and matters of beauty,
art and taste responding
one’s feelings and emotions?
The quality of being.
— kenne
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Night Hawk Over The Tucson Mountains (August 11, 2022) — Image by kenne
Night Hawks
They scissor edges of twilight, cutting
black shapes into sky. The wet silver
of quick wings open against eternity,
as if to erase an end with a beginning.
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Tucson/Avra Valley Aquifer — Panorama by kenne
The Tucson Mountains separate the Avra Valley and the Tucson Basin, which contain natural aquifers.
Recharge basins have been placed in the Avra Valley, where Colorado River water is blended with the groundwater,
providing water to the Tucson area.
This panorama is at the west edge of the Tucson Mountains where the recharge basins can be seen in the distance.
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Sombrero Peak In Saguaro National Park Leave a comment
Hiking Sombrero Peak, located in Saguaro National Park–West, is a 3.3-mile out-and-back hike
with 1500 cumulative feet of elevation gain. — Panorama by kenne
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Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Watching the sunset
With peace and tranquility
I can’t stop watching.
— kenne
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Western Diamondback On The Defence 1 comment
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake On The Defence — Image by kenne
With desert temperatures in the upper 40s at night and low 80s during the day,
it’s not uncommon to see these guys along the trail getting some sun
before moving on as they look for food.
This guy was a little bothered as we approached.
However, he was kind enough to let us know.
— kenne
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Tucson Mountains Panorama 2 comments
Tucson Mountains West of Tucson, Arizona — Panorama by kenne
“Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.”
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Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
the hills turn blue
hazy with distance.
all the slopes flow
across rocks and sand
to the desert floor
as clouds sweep in.
how many times
hiking the trails
now feeling ancient
having lived many lives.
— kenne
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Oral Valley/Tucson Basin Panorama 1 comment
Oral Valley/ Tucson Basin Panorama by kenne
This panorama was created from three images taken from Wasson Peak, atop the Tucson Mountains March 13, 2015.
The Tortolita Mountains are to the left, Santa Catalina Mountains in the middle,
and the Rincon Mountain off to the right.
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Mountain Shadows (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
“Today everything exists to end in a photograph.”
— Susan Sontag
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Starpass Trail — Image by kenne
On December 10th, I posted this image in color. Using Photoshop,
this is my black and white take of the original image taken December 17, 2012
while hiking in the Tucson Mountains.
— kenne
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Sunset Over The Mountains 3 comments
Sunset Over the Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
SUNSETS
Pink – orange sunsets
like all those
time-worn loves
Always smile down
upon me
whispering how good they were
The days
and the involvements
I can never turn away
from a hiding sun
No more than I can blot out
hidden memories
It’s the last few moments
of either
that promise the most
Smugness in lovers
is tolerable
In a sunset
It’s devastating
— John Boynton
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Sun Sets Behind the Tucson Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Thoughts move slowly by
Sun sets behind the mountains
Colors take over.
— kenne
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What if . . . 3 comments
Sunset Over The Tucson Mountains — Image by kenne
“What if our religion was each other.
If our practice was our life.
If prayer, our words.
What if the temple was the Earth.
If forests were our church.
If holy water–the rivers, lakes, and ocean.
What if meditation was our relationships.
If the teacher was life.
If wisdom was self-knowledge.
If love was the center of our being.”
— Ganga White
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The Tucson Mountains — Truth Never Dies 4 comments
Tucson Mountains — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Truth Never Dies
Truth never dies. The ages come and go.
The mountains wear away, the stars retire.
Destruction lays earth’s mighty cities low;
And empires, states and dynasties expire;
But caught and handed onward by the wise,
Truth never dies.
Though unreceived and scoffed at through the years,
Though made the butt of ridicule and jest,
Though held aloft for mockery and jeers,
Denied by those of transient power possessed,
Insulted by the insolence of lies,
Truth never dies.
It answers not. It does not take offense,
But with a mighty silence bides its time.
As some great cliff that braves the elements
And lifts through all the storms its head sublime,
It ever stands, uplifted by the wise,
And never dies.
As rests the Sphinx amid Egyptian sands;
As looms on high the snowy peak and crest;
As firm and patient as Gibraltar stands,
So truth, unwearied, waits the era blest
When men shall turn to it with great surprise.
Truth never dies.
— Anonymous
Becoming is Superior to Being 