Canyonlands Wildflowers — Image by kenne
“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity,
no matter how great, can be overcome.”
―
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Zion Nation Park 1 comment
Zion National Park — Image by kenne
“Where words end —Zion begins”
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Capitol Reef Snapshot 1 comment
Capitol Reef National Park (06/12/14) — Image by kenne
The universe carved
A statue sculpted by time
Beauty without eyes.
— kenne
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Zion Canyon Panorama — B&W Image by kenne
Mighty and dreadful are your tall columns here,
(through soul and love put you in deep shade)
for you outnumber man and outscore even life itself,
and you are roughly tied with God and, strangely, eyes.
— from Unholy Sonnet # 1 by Billy Collins
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Delicate Arch, Arches National Park — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Arches
Under a moonlit sky
Stone arches tower above
Millennia in the making
Thoughts swirl through my head
Faster than the wind
Eroding my essence, like a smoothed stone
Shaping my being, sculpting my sense of self
Though the age old rocks whisper back
Only silence
For Mother Nature cares not for the trials of man
I am at the mercy of the beauty she created
Standing before me
In perfect silence
— Danny Strayer
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Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell Leave a comment
Antelope Canyon On Lake Powell — Images by kenne
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Canyon Lands National Park Travel Scene 1 comment
Canyon Lands National Park Travel Scene (June 2014) — Image by kenne
Being in the right place at the right time
is knowing how to stay active and look around
as if it were your last day on earth.
It’s a wonderful world out there.
— kenne
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Bryce Canyon 360 1 comment
The World of Bryce Canyon: 360 — Image by kenne
360
Step into hoodoos
and the canyon surrounds you,
a world of beauty.
— kenne
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Goodbye Bryce Canyon 1 comment
“Goodbye Bryce Canyon” — Image by kenne
Goodbye,
Bryce Canyon
I’ll be leaving
you behind.
I’m going to
Zion and Sedona
where I hope to stay
to the rhythm
of a slow marcha —
remember the hoodoos,
remember the colors,
remember the winds.
— kenne
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Bryce Canyon — “I have been circling for a thousand years.” Leave a comment
Bryce Canyon National Park (June 14, 2015) — Images by kenne
(Click on any image to see in a slideshow format.)
Growing Orbits
I live my life in growing orbits
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt.
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years,
and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm,
or a great song.
— R. M. Rilke
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Bryce Canyon National Park Panoramas 2 comments
Bryce Canyon Panorama June 16, 2015 — Images by kenne
Bryce Canyon is a rare dynamic, mesmerizing place that is truly poetry in stone. The climate that over time has weathered the cliffs and bulbous columns, called hoodoos that continue to evolve from freezing night and warm afternoons with summer thunderstorms dissolving the limestone creating a clay ooze that eroded the cliffs forming the hoodoos. Sometimes being slow is the best way of getting things done as new hoodoos are formed while others are reduced to lumps of clay. What once was an inland sea today provides one of natures wonderful sights.
kenne
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Zion Canyon, Zion National Park — Computer Painting by kenne
The day is early
Off to see the canyons gods
And color my pages.
— kenne
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Court of the Patriarchs, Zion Canyon 2 comments
Court of the Patriarchs, Zion Canyon — Image by kenne
On this cloudy day
we rode the
canyon shuttle
getting off
at each stop
with family
visiting the
park for the
first time.
Concerned the
clouds might
diminish the
canyon’s beauty
soon vanished
as the clouds
began to break up
over the towering
cliffs of Navajo
sandstone that
form the Court
of the Patriarchs.
— kenne
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Clouds Over Zion Canyon 1 comment
Clouds Over Zion Canyon — Image by kenne
“Zion Canyon is the work of water
In concert with the winds that shape the heart.
One sees a grandeur equal to one’s wonder;
Nor can one be, but of such grace a part.”
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The Cliffs Of Zion Canyon Panorama 7 comments
“The Cliffs of Zion Canyon” — Panorama by kenne
Zion Canyon cliffs
Towers of sandstone forming
Majestic wonders.
— kenne
