Early Morning Walk In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
Desert flower blow
Blighting early morning walks
What more can you want?
— kenne
Archive for the ‘Wildflowers’ Tag
Sleepy Orange & Dainty Sulphur Butterflies Leave a comment
Early Morning Walk In The Canyon 2 comments
Indian Paintbrush Wildflowers On Green Mountain Trail 1 comment
Indian Paintbrush Wildflowers On Green Mountain Trail — HDR Image by kenne
Indian paintbrush
Red flowers on Green Mountain
Beautiful moments
— kenne
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Plains Coreopsis Wildflowers 2 comments
Plains Coreopsis Wildflowers (East End Park, Kingwood, Texas) — HDR Image by kenne
“Wildflowers aren’t meant to be cut & tamed.
They’re meant to be loved & admired.”
— Anthony T. Hincks.
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A Sonoran Desert Valentine 2 comments
Fairy Duster Wildflowers — HDR Image by kenne
She loves the mystical
power of flowers,
its bloom symbolizing
the human existence,
opening oneself to love.
As spring embraces the desert,
among the first to appear
is the dazzling fairy duster.
Present everywhere —
on hillsides, washes, and grasslands
throughout the Sonoran Desert.
These beautiful flowers
covey a touch of magic,
of having mystical powers,
charming her —
this mystical flower
in a mystical land.
— kenne
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A Sign of Spring In The Desert Leave a comment
Bigelow’s Bristlehead — Image by kenne
You can photograph wildflowers
Over and over and over
And tell a different story
In every one.
— kenne
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Bee On Fairy Duster Wildflower (July 16, 2021) — Image by kenne
The draft of this posting was done in late July before we went on our August road trip.
However, many photos later, just today, I noticed this unpublished draft —
Better late than never.
— kenne
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Common Mullein Leave a comment
Common Mullein — Image by kenne
A single moment of understanding
can flood a whole life with meaning.
— Anonymous
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The Flower That Smiles Today Leave a comment
Western Sneezeweed — Image by kenne
The flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow dies;
All that we wish to stay
Tempts and then flies.
What is this world’s delight?
Lightning that mocks the night,
Brief even as bright.
— from The Flower That Smiles Today by Percy Shelley
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Santa Catalina Indian Paintbrush 1 comment
Santa Catalina Indian Paintbrush — Image by kenne
Love is like wildflowers;
It’s often found in the most unlikely places.
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Bee On Goldeneye — Image by kenne
“We are plants which—
whether we like to admit it to ouselves or not—
must with our roots rise out of the earth
in order to bloom in the ether and to bear fruit.”
— from Works by Johann Peter Hebel
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Fiddleneck Wildflowers 1 comment
Fiddleneck Wildflowers — Image by kenne
always take the time
when you are walking outdoors
to look more closely
nature surprises
keep eyes wide open
— kenne
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Lacepod Mustard — Image by kenne
Lacepod Mustard is a common species found throughout Arizona in various habitats below 4,000 feet.
It has a distinctive rounded or oval-shaped fruit with small perforations around its perimeter.
The plant is rather drab-looking and inconspicuous, but the distinctive rounded fruits are most exciting and
appealing. I captured this image along the Esperero Trail in Sabino Canyon, April 2013.
— kenne
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Early Blooming Wildflowers on Mt. Lemmon Leave a comment
Early Blooming Wildflowers on Mt. Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains (May 17, 2021) — Images by kenne
Click on any image to see the flowers with descriptions in a slideshow formate.
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Another Year of Few Wildflowers In The Sonoran Desert — Image by kenne
Spring wildflowers in the Sonoran desert depend on fall and winter rains. When there are little to no rains, as
has been the last few years, then there are few wildflowers in the spring. The above image is in the Molino
Basin, where in non-drought years, there are plenty of wildflowers to photograph. This year there are only a
few patches to be found.
— kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 
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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