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Vermilion Flycatcher In Cienega Creek Natural Preserve   Leave a comment

Vermilion Flycatcher in Cienega Creek Natural Preserve — Image by kenne

(Cienega creek originates in the Canelo Hills in Santa Cruz County, and flows northwest to an area just outside Tucson.
It runs along the east side of State Route 83 and passes under Interstate 10.)

may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old

may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it’s sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there’s never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile

–ee cummings

A Christmas Day Walk   2 comments

vermilion flycatcher-2-art-72Vermilion Flycatcher On Christmas Day –Photo-Artistry by kenne

Mid-morning on Christmas Day,
I walk the nearby wash.
The morning sun dissolves
An overnight dusting of
snow on the lower mountains.

There is little movement or sound
In the brush, the once dusty trail
Now packed by the winter rains.
Limbs of dead trees point everywhere
No longer making use of water.

— kenne