Wrenny

Since living in Arizona I have come to love the cactus wrens......I call them all "Wrenny"

They are very smart and industrious......always busy, hopping here and there

They even build two nests, one to move into and one as a spare.........I guess to guard against predators

Currently there is a whole Wrenny family in my backyard......I interrupted this one in the middle of his tasks, but he just kept any eye on me and kept on working. 

Supermoon

We sat and waited....as if for a dignitary to make an appearance. And then it showed up, bigger than life.

She climbed higher.....no longer blushing.

From further away, she wasn't less astounding.....she still took our breath away.

Then she treated us with her shy reflection.......

Ah! Sunflowers

Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,

Who countest the steps of the Sun:

Seeking after that sweet golden clime

Where the travellers journey is done.
Where the Youth pined away with desire,

And the pale virgin shrouded in snow:

Arise from their graves and aspire,

Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.

Ah, Sunflower

William Blake

Thank you, neighbor Bob for letting me shoot your sunflowers....

Bird's Eye View

Some people would see an ordinary Sparrow, but I see the work of a Master Designer at work.....

I believe this is a Curved-bill Thrasher.......look at all the variations of brown and grey

And of course, a Mourning Dove......with the mate in the background. I never get tired of hearing their little coos

Bloomin Desert

Gilbert Riparan Reserve

Right in the middle of Gilbert, Arizona there is a reserve

A peaceful place where ducks bathe and birds are free to flit from cactus to cactus.....they make condos out of them you know......

As evening hush fell over the park..........the cicadas hum heavy in the air,

Sundown.....can't you just imagine Moses mother just on the other side of these reeds, with her infant in the basket?

And it was morning.....

 Morning time at my workplace.....before I tuck in to my little 12 hour computer world......

Moonrise over the basketball courts.....they do allow us out to play once in a while!

Evening falls in the back patio....and I must go back in to finish my Shift......

 

Christmas at Intel....some of the palms wearing their sequins.......

Christmas, however does not stop construction at Intel......

 

My shift is over......and then there was evening.......

The end of my 12 hours for another day.....................heading home.

Early View

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself.........

For if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord: therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's!

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.......Romans 14: 7-9

In and around Tempe, Arizona

It's almost as if he is admiring the view

I can never pass up a bookstore....

Tempe Art Center

The new bridge at Tempe Town Lake

My Superstitions

Yesterday we took a walk around the old Goldfield mine......it is literally minutes from the house.

All the tourists were there, along with a sprinkling of locals who are wistful about the old West

and how it was back then.......it was good to see it through other eyes.

and towering over them....the Superstition mountains. I have claimed them, since they greet me each day......and I greet them too.

I love the fuzz on this guys ears.....

Arizona Views

Tempe, around Mill Ave where all the college kids hang out

Bougainvillas love the fall here.......

So do the Saguaros.....they are like gentle giants.