Southeast of Flagstaff Arizona (click to enlarge and spot the cliff dwellings hidden in the rock face),

is a 600 foot deep canyon,

on a plateau,

carved by Walnut Creek, a stream that flows east into The Grand Canyon.

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The canyon has been occupied by people for thousands of years.

The first permanent residents,

who occupied the region from CE 600- 1400,

left approximately 800 remaining structures.

We visited here as part of an exploration of lesser visited, and even unpublicized cultural sites in the American Southwest. In the next few posts I will show you some of what we have found. But our explorations are still ongoing. It becomes quite addictive finding sites that aren’t widely known. We even found some at The Holler.

For more about Walnut Canyon see:

https://www.nps.gov/waca/learn/historyculture/people.htm

ROMANCE MEETS OUTDOOR DINING

from Sloane Taylor

Spring is an amazing time of year and my favorite because that’s when the Earth comes alive. All sorts of beautiful things happen. Trees are budding, tender plants push through the ground, and romance is in the air and warm weather is just a few weeks away.

I am a romantic through and through. Always have been and with any luck I always will be. Romance is much more than a quick trip to tangle the sheets. It is about being with someone you love and doing little things to show them how much they mean to you. In my case I cook because I love it.

When summer arrives and the gardens are ablaze in color, I want to move the romance outside. So why not share a summer night with your someone special? What better way than with a sizzling romantic…

Serve: 4 Level : Medium Time: 30 minutes

SAPHIRE SALAD-SEA BEANS(DENIZ BÖRÜLCESİ) Here is the recipe for Samphire Salad / Sea Beans-Deniz Börülcesi Salatası. This is a refreshing dish, popular especially in the Aegean Region. Samphire comes into season in Turkey during May and June. The preparation of the samphire has a little hard to prepare, It is a salty vegetable, so make sure to be miser when adding salt, if any. With this recipe you will see that when boiled and peeled as described here it is a tasty, refreshing salad,and consumed with fish. Saphire salad are also used in cuisines of other countries, such as cuisines of England, France, Holland and Japan.

Marsh samphire (salicornia europea), traditionally known as picklegrass or glassgrass, is a rather unusual species and grows in salt water. It is one of the very few plants that requires a lot…

These gorgeous huge poppies are bloomin’ up The Holler!

Also known as the Matilija Poppy, these are the largest flowers in the poppy family,

and they are the largest native California flower.

The blooms are 8 inches in diameter,

and the bushes grow to about 10 feet in height,

They are a challenge to grow, but so worth the effort!

Cheers to you & Happy Mother’s Day from The Holler’s Romneya~