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Flowers at Walnut Canyon, AZ Nat. Monument
Penstemon eatonii
Eaton's Penstemon
A member of the Scrophulariaceae, the Figwort Family
The annex building, built in the mid-1950s, is all that remains of Walnut School, which operated at this site from the 1920s until it was destroyed by fire in 1998. The older portion of the building, which had a brick exterior and stood two floors tall, was completely destroyed in the fire. The school grounds are now a community park, and the remaining portion of the school, which survived due to its concrete and masonry construction, serves as the local community center.
Shelter resident Kainen R. of Pocahontas, AR tells his story to Pam Knapp-Carver, executive director of the Red Cross serving Northeast Arkansas at the Red Cross-supported shelter in Walnut Ridge, AR.
Organic walnuts and an ultimate 70% dark chocolate brownies decadently chocolatey, not too sweet, a light crust without and beautifully moist within with enough salt to cut through the richness. An easy clap.
Walnut Canyon National Monument, AZ
September 12, 2010
©Dale Haussner
Dwellings sheltered by overhanging cliffs were home to Walnut Canyon's only permanent inhabitants more than 800 years ago. Inside the canyon and throughout the pine forests of its rims, these people made their living by farming, hunting deer and small game, gathering an assortment of useful plants, and trading. The people are today known as sinagua - Spanish for "without water" - a tribute to their ability to turn a relatively dry region into a homeland.
* National Park Service
This annex building, built in the mid-1950s, is all that remains of Walnut School, which operated at the site from the 1920s until it was destroyed by fire in 1998. The older portion of the building, which had a brick exterior and stood two floors tall, was completely destroyed in the fire. The school grounds are now a community park, and the remaining portion of the school, which survived due to its concrete and masonry construction, serves as the local community center.
The first full day of our vacation (Tuesday) we hiked from the cabin down to Walnut Creek. The forcast was for a very rainy day Wednesday, and we wanted to do this before the trail turned to mud.
Previous experience had taught us that when the volcanic clay in the White Mountains mixes with pine needles and sticks to your boots you end up with massive clay "snowshoes"--White Mountain snowshoes.
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Walnut Canyon National Monument, AZ
September 12, 2010
©Dale Haussner
The Sinagua, who inhabitanted the dwellings in Walnut Canyon, left mysteriously around 1250 CE. It is thought that the Sinagua left because of fear of neighboring tribes or droughts, but it is not certain. The disappearance of the Sinagua left over 80 cliff dwellings behind. The dwellings themselves were small but large enough for the inhabitants to still be able to cook and sleep. Most of the cliff dwelling rooms are situated near the loop trail, typically slightly above the trail and immediately outside the loop itself. A typical room might have been the dwelling of a single family, and might measure approximately two meters high by six meters long by three meters deep. Because of the area's dry climate, the water present in the canyon was essential for its inhabitants over 700 years ago as it is for the animal and plant life that exists there today.
There are many more dwellings to be seen up close in the canyon just east of the Monument, although it is illegal to actually enter the canyon because of the park's rules and regulations.
Walnut Canyon was proclaimed a national monument on November 30, 1915 by President Woodrow Wilson in order to preserve the ancient cliff dwellings. It was transferred from the USDA Forest Service to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the national monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. At Walnut Canyon, there are trails for tourists to get a close view of the dwellings.
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Canyon_National_Monument
Wayne Sheffey was born in the Preston House located on the Walnut Grove Plantation in 1933. The house and the surrounding land received a historical marker Thursday in Bristol, Virginia.
Walnut Canyon
This short hike in Walnut Canyon leads to an ancient rock shelter, a gathering site for American Indians. On your walk, you will see local plants and animals that make their home in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Listen for the raspy song of cactus wrens perched in shrubs.
American Indians used the coarse fibers of the Torrey yucca’s long leaves to make ropes, mats, sandals, baskets, and cloth.
Catclaw or wait-a-minute-bush is named for the hooked prickles that grow along the branches.
Both the young, fleshy pads of the prickly pear and the sweet, red fruit, called “tunas,” are edible.
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May 27 - June 4, 2022
Today I went out to Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church - near my house. It's the oldest one in KY, built in 1801. There was a cub scout meeting going on and the scoutmaster let me through the gate and invited me to poke around and shoot pictures.
These were shot with a Minolta X700 using TMAX 100 developed in HC110.
I developed for 6:20 with dilution B, stopped with a water + vinegar bath, fixed with Kodak Professional Fixer (I want to try a rapid fixer, but this was the powder I had) and washed for 10 minutes. All at 68 degrees.
DYING – This walnut tree is showing the end-stages of a thousand cankers infection. Note the lack of foliage at the top of the tree. (Photo courtesy Whitney Crenshaw, Colorado State University.)
Walnut trees near Cajarc. The walnuts of South West France are wonderful - the best we have ever eaten
The old Walnut Methodist Church was built around the turn of the 20th Century in the midst of Jewell Hill Cemetery, which dates back to the mid-19th Century. The site was home to the first court house in Madison County, a wooden log structure that was utilized between 1851 and 1859. The church has since closed, and shows signs of being utilized as a private residence or community hang out spot.
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