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Spring Greens Salad w/ Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Common Salad Green Chart We've had some very hot weather the past week or so...I'm talking 80+F! It seems like we skipped right over Spring and went two feet into Summer.  While I'm not complaining, it has been very nice and sunny, I wasn't quite expecting this so soon. Luckily our garden is over-joyed about the weather blossoming, sprouting and blooming.  This has lead to an abundance of leafy greens, perfect for light Spring/Summer Salads on these hot days. Since we are growing our vegetables for Summer, I like to grow a wide variety of leafy greens so as not to get bored. For this Spring Salad I used a mix of lettuce, spinach, chard, and sprouts, then topped it with a tart honey lemon poppy seed dressing. This dish is a perfectly simple appetizer or side dish; the dressing complements the individual flavors of the greens without over powering them, while the carrot adds a hint of sweetness, and the hemps seeds an extra bit of crunch and a whopping
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Chloride, Arizona - USA

I’m excited to join up again this month with fellow blogger Fiona Ryan's  A-Z Guidebook Travel Linkup over at Tiffin Sized Bites. This travel tale link-up goes from August 15th - August 22th, this time travels with the letter "C".

"C" is for Chloride, Arizona. Chloride is considered an almost ghost town, with a population of ~200. It was silver mining camp founded 1863 near the Cerbat Mountains and is the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in Arizona.

An interesting thing waits in the mountains about a mile outside of Chloride proper. In 1966, artist Roy Purcell took to the Cerbat Mountains and painted "The Journey," a 2000-square-foot set of murals on rock face. His work was is in the abstract Modernism tradition, and helped launch his professional career.

The vivid colors Purcell used to paint his murals have withstood harsh desert weather for nearly four decades and just recently in 2006 were repainted. They stand as an interesting complement and contrast to the Petroglyphs of Native American artists that have withstood centuries in these beautiful mountains.


Chloride, Arizona - USA




For more Letter "C" travel stories, visit A-Z Guidebook Linkup. Stay tuned next month for more travel, centering around the Letter "D"!

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  1. sherry from sherrys pickingsAugust 19, 2015 at 8:29 PM

    that is magnificent! what a wonderful thing to do. and how fab that they repainted them so they weren't lost to time and weather. great photos.

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    1. EmilyAugust 22, 2015 at 2:17 PM

      Thanks Sherry! It's definitely off the beaten path but it's worth the climb!:)

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  2. Tiffin FionaAugust 20, 2015 at 9:16 PM

    Well, well, well. I have never heard of this so I'm glad you joined and shared. I've been to Arizona, Nevada, Utah etc and love the landscape so I can imagine how brilliant those cerulean blues look against the red rocks. Excellent subject Emily - thanks for participating.

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    1. EmilyAugust 22, 2015 at 2:21 PM

      Thanks Fiona, you know I love this linkup! It's near the Grand Canyon actually but definitely off the beaten path, we were the only people there which really allowed us to take it all in. See you next month! :)

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