Wildflowers on Butterfly Tail — Image by kenne
Sun warms the ridgeline—
cradling the light like hope
beneath the pine’s shadow.
Each step stirs petals—
a hush of blooming wonder
where silence once stood.
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Wildflowers On Butterfly Trail Leave a comment
Sonoran Wildflowers 3 comments
Sonoran Wildflowers — Image by kenne
Desert wakes in bloom—
colors spill on silent sand,
spring sings without rain.
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Spring Wildflowers — Image by kenne
Wildflower
I found you in the desert
And in the murky gulch
Through the trees
And in between
The mountains’ ivory clutch
Wildflower
I’ve put you in my home
And my faucet is the draught
With which you drink
Like river stream
And early morning trout
Wildflower
I have made a mistake
You grow on hills
Where we don’t stay
But in my house
What saves now kills
Wildflower
I let you go
— Casey
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First To Return 2 comments
First To Return After The Fire (Chiricahua National Monument) — Image by kenne
after a wildfire
the wildflowers return first
cycle continues
— kenne
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Springtime On The Trail 6 comments
Springtime On The Trail — Image by kenne
“They’ll look for you in a field of roses,
having never really known you at all.
For you’ll never be found in a perfectly tendered garden,
you’re an untameable wildflower in this wild world.”
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Hiking Esperero Trail In The Spring 3 comments
Hiking Esperero Trail In the Spring (Santa Catalina Mountains) –Image by kenne
In each line’s strange syllable: she awakes
as a gull, torn
between heaven and earth.
I accept her, stand with her face to face.
—in this dream: she wears her dress
like a sail, runs behind me, stopping
when I stop. She laughs
as a child speaking to herself:
“soul = pain + everything else.”
I bend clumsily at the knees
and I quarrel no more,
all I want is a human window
in a house whose roof is my life
–Marina Tsvetaeva
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Autumn Wildflowers 1 comment
Wildflowers Next To A Log — Photo-artistry by kenne
Throughout the year, there never is
A change like that in Fall
The strength, the vital strokes of life
Make every man stand tall
Fall’s mellow freshness fills our days
And boosts a heart anew
Instead of spring when love blooms forth
It’s Autumn, through and through.
— from Autumn by John Boynton
Footnote: Autumn is in a book of poems, Love is Radiant, Joy gave me in 1987.
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Common Sneezeweed in the Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
A sign of spring in the upper elevations of the Santa Catalina Mountains.
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Spirit Mountain Wildflowers 3 comments
Spirit Mountain, Nevada Wildflowers (March 29, 2023) — Images by kenne
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
— from Auguries of Innocence by William Blake
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Santa Catalina Paintbrush Wildflowers Leave a comment
Santa Catalina Paintbrush Wildflowers — HDR Image by kenne
“So I ran, fearing not where I’d go
When a flower grows wild
It can always survive
Wildflowers don’t care where they grow.”
— Dolly Parton
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Picacho Peak State Park 4 comments
Wildflowers in Picacho Peak State Park — Images by kenne
Picacho Peak State Park is a state park surrounding Picacho Peak in Picacho, Arizona. The park is located between Casa Grande and Tucson
near Interstate 10 in Pinal County. Its centerpiece spire is visible from downtown Tucson, a distance of 45 miles. The summit rises to 3,374 feet
above mean sea level. Wikipedia
near Interstate 10 in Pinal County. Its centerpiece spire is visible from downtown Tucson, a distance of 45 miles. The summit rises to 3,374 feet
above mean sea level. Wikipedia
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Poppies are Popping In The Santa Catalina Mountains — Image by kenne
I dream of a quiet man
who explains nothing and defends
nothing, but only knows
where the rarest wildflowers
are blooming, and who goes,
and finds that he is smiling
not by his own will.
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Apache Beggarticks Wildflowers On Mt. Lemmon — Image by kenne
As fall comes to Mt. Lemmon
The mixed conifer forest begins
To show its autumn colors as
Mountain wildflowers will remain
Until the winter snows start to fall
And Mt. Lemmon becomes a house
Without beams and walls.
— kenne
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Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies Leave a comment
Early Morning Walk In The Canyon 2 comments
Early Morning Walk In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Desert flower blow
Blighting early morning walks
What more can you want?
— kenne
Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies On Narrow-leaf Aster Wildflowers (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
“And anyway, what is the difference between self-knowledge and self-obsession?
One encourages a defeat of the ego, the other encourages a feeding of the ego.
One a deeper experience of connection to ourselves, which enables a more
nourishing connection to others. The other, disdain for the deeper needs of the self,
which leads to disdain of others.”
— from On Connection by Kae Tempest
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