Wild Cotton — Images by kenne
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Wild Cotton In Sabino Canyon Leave a comment
Greater Roadrunner Grunge Art Leave a comment
Greater Roadrunner Grunge Art — Images by kenne
“Clownlike it may appear to human eyes, but the Roadrunner is a very effective predator. Its speed on foot is not just for show: it captures not only snakes and large insects, but also fast-running lizards, rodents, and various small birds. Gambel’s Quail may pay scant attention to the Roadrunner at most seasons, but they react to it violently when they have small young, and with good reason: given an opportunity, the Roadrunner will streak in to grab a bite-sized baby quail.”
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Girl Atop Windy Point Vista Pinnacle Rock 1 comment
Girl Atop Windy Point Vista Pinnacle Rock (August 20, 2010) — Image by kenne
out on a mountain highway
two months after moving to
the desert southwest, with
everything new to my eyes
I didn’t have to look hard
for photo opportunities —
pictures were for the taking.
a popular stop on catalina highway
is windy point vista,
6,000 feet over the Tucson basin —
the views are gorgeous.
adding to the view
on this day was
an attractive woman atop a
rock climbing pinnacle.
hot desert summers,
I was too new to the vista,
too old to climb with her.
I never got her name —
with a body like her’s
who needs a name.
— kenne
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Blue Moon Over Tucson, July 31, 2015 9 comments
Blue Moon Over Tucson, July 31, 2015 — Image by kenne
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A Lonesome Dove 1 comment
A Lonesome Dove — Image by kenne
Each spring a pair of
white-winged doves
return to our patio area
and each year I welcome
the morning cooing calls,
sometimes on the front
courtyard wall as I leave
to go hiking or a morning run.
Later in the day,
always near sunset,
I see them at the patio fountain
for an end of day watering —
they may not know it
but we have become close friends
over the five years
we have called Tucson our home.
The other day as I returned from
an early morning run
I noticed a dove
on the street circle grassy area
face down
tail feather pointed up,
almost instinctively
I began to look around —
there on the courtyard wall
was a lone dove
looking toward the circle.
Later that morning I saw him
in a mesquite tree near the circle —
and for days now I see
him as if without looking.
Slowly I have accepted
that my friend
has lost a friend.
Now only one dove
visits the fountain at sunset.
I have begun to noticed
morning cooing again,
maybe, just maybe my friend
will find a new friend.
— kenne
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The Old Swimmin’ Hole 2 comments
Artist Painting In The Canyon — Image by kenne
Oh! the old swimmin’-hole! whare the crick so still and deep
Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep,
And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest below
Sounded like the laugh of something we onc’t ust to know
Before we could remember anything but the eyes
Of the angels lookin’ out as we left Paradise;
But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,
And it’s hard to part ferever with the old swimmin’-hole.
— from “The Old Swimmin’ Hole” by James Whitcomb Wiley
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Sonoran Storms (June 26, 2015) — Image by kenne
The rains are “hit and miss,”
mostly miss in the valley.
The monsoon arrived
early this summer
and as usual
the higher elevations
have received most of the rain
leaving only rainbows
in the late afternoon sky.
— kenne
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Low Clouds In The Catalina Mountains 1 comment
Low Clouds In The Catalina Mountains (July 5, 2015 view from patio)– Image by kenne
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Five Years Out 2 comments
Kenne, Kika & Joy, June 21, 2010, waiting for the movers.
We are starting our sixth year here, longer than most friends and family would have predicted, especially since Joy has not grown to love southern Arizona the way I have. However, the five years we have lived here have allowed us to experience most of the things we took into consideration when deciding to move — a new adventure and being closer to Joy’s family in southern California.
We are now looking forward to year six in the desert southwest, which will include continuing to explore options, contrasted with more traveling. The following poem is titled “Birthday” but could have easily been titled “Life.”
turned around,
here am I.
knowing how
not the why.
young in heart,
old in age.
feeling the itch,
pacing the cage.
inner peace,
knowing the thou.
learning to write
a thesis of now.
turned around,
and found love.
living the moment,
free as a dove.
still learning
when to talk.
listening for,
beat of the walk.
reality is now,
truth in the heart.
singing the knowledge,
a requiem to smart.
turned around,
found beauty in art.
traveling the future,
with Dylan and Descartes.
— kenne
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Rain? Maybe. Leave a comment
Our rain total since the beginning of April is .3 inches (.76 cm) — yes, we do live in the desert. Image by kenne
Our desert remains
hydrological challenged —
conserve or we die.
— kenne
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Doubtful Canyon — Revisited 1 comment
Doubtful Canyon in the Peloncillo Mountains (December 2012) — Fisheye Art by kenne
Riding the stagecoach
Days of Geronimo past
Through Doubtful Canyon.
kenne
(We will be driving through the Peloncillo’s today, May 12, 2015, on our way from Ft. Stockton to Tucson.
First posted December 8, 2012)
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Rillito Park Race Track, Tucson, Arizona — Computer Painting by kenne
The race is not always to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong,
but that’s the way to bet.
— Damon Runyon
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Jonn Del Toro Richardson Is “The Real Deal” 2 comments
Houston Legend, Earl Gilliam and Jonn Richardson at the Big East, (February 15, 2009) — Image by kenne
Lately I have been listening to an Otis Taylor CD. Coincidentally, my friend Jonn Del Toro Richardson posts on Facebook a Otis Taylor, Gary Moore & Jonn Richardson video from 2006 — karma!
I’ve followed the musical career of Jonn over the last decade. The Blues world has a lot of great Bluesmen, but few as good, yet not recognized as Jonn. Yes, among Blues musicians Jonn is admired for his talent, but for many Blues fans he is under the radar. For years Jonn has toured with better known musicians, and collaborated on releasing CDs, but no solo CD — it’s time for his own CD!
Now there’s an opportunity to help Jonn reach his funding goal to produce his first solo album. Click here for more information.
Here are three of videos of Jonn I have done — yes, he is the “REAL DEAL!”
IBC Blues Jam, 2010
The Real Deal with Rich DelGrosso at Ken & Mary’s Blues Project, 2011
Diunna Greenleaf & Blue Mercy @ Rhythm & Roots Concert Series In Tucson, 2012 — Jonn and Diunna bring it on home in this video!
WE LOVE YOU, JONN!
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Capturing The Moment — Seattle Fog In Tucson 3 comments
This morning was as if we had brought the Seattle area fog and drizzle to Tucson. Fog, like snow, can be a real big deal in the desert, making for a pleasant change.
Meydenbauer Bay On Lake Washington, Bellevue, WA — Images by kenne
Tanuri Ridge Patio View (West)
Tanuri Ridge Circle View (East)
Desert Fog
The sliding doors opened to fog,
rendering the mountains a negative opaque.
The normal morning quietness
seemed even more somber,
not in a gloomy way
with its limited view,
instead consoling vanishing
dreams with an attentive hug
having loved once in splendor,
how tender is the morning.
— kenne
(Go To kenneturner.com to see all the “Becoming is Superior to Being” Postings.)
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Cholla Forest Below Panther Peak — Panorama Image by kenne
Light shines in darkness.
Frontiers open to fresh vistas.
Love follows hard upon enmity.
From what is hidden comes revelation.
— from The Timeless Myths, by Alexander Eliot
We have been gone from Tucson (in Houston and New Orleans) since December 23rd and only one day of sun, Christmas Day. Now delayed by icy west Texas roads, we are leaving this morning. Here’s a link to photos of a rare snow fall in Tucson yesterday. http://tucson.com/gallery/news/photos-snowfall-in-tucson-arizona-california/collection_39b2a35e-9131-11e4-abc1-3307652d29f8.html#0
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