{"id":612,"date":"2020-04-29T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetcrum.com\/?p=612"},"modified":"2022-12-30T18:53:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:53:04","slug":"photo-safari-through-a-historic-flagstaff-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/04\/29\/photo-safari-through-a-historic-flagstaff-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo safari through a historic Flagstaff neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.10.15.jpg?resize=331%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.10.15.jpg\" width=\"331\" height=\"248\">My first novel,&nbsp;<em>Vanishing, Inc.,<\/em> is set in a fictional mountain town in Arizona called Ponderosa. I live in Flagstaff, a not-so-fictional mountain town in Arizona that makes an appearance in my story, but since I&#8217;m writing a paranormal romance (a time travel romance, to be specific), I wanted the freedom of a fictional setting. I don&#8217;t want some overly-literal reader leaving me a one-star review because there are, in fact, no time portals in Flagstaff.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, you know it could happen. I&#8217;m sure plenty of tourists have walked through standing stones in Scotland and become very grumpy because they did not immediately find themselves in the arms of a lusty Scottish outlaw. BTW, how cheap are airline tickets to Scotland these days? Asking for a friend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But I digress.<\/p>\n<p>Now, where were we? Oh, yeah&#8211;Ponderosa, Arizona, which exists only in my manuscript. But you&#8217;ll love it, I promise. Especially since it involves a lusty Arizona outlaw.<\/p>\n<p>It also involves the unique landscape of the Northern Arizona mountains, which I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to call home for the last 6 years. Now that my world has shrunk to the size of my yard (thanks, Microbe that Must not be Named), my explorations have been a bit limited. But last week I got to take a trip! Go on a journey! Where did I go, you ask?<\/p>\n<p>I took my husband to the dentist.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a thrill a minute around here, I tell ya.<\/p>\n<p>His dentist&#8217;s office is in one of Flagstaff&#8217;s historic neighborhoods, so I took myself on a mini photo safari while he got his tooth fixed. The primary setting in <em>Vanishing, Inc.<\/em> is a stone cottage built in 1890, so I paid particular attention to old stone houses. Like this one:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.10.10.jpg?resize=541%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.10.10.jpg\" width=\"541\" height=\"406\"><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been fascinated by stone houses since I was a kid. I suppose they remind me of the fairy tales I read over and over in elementary school. We have a lot of rocks around here, so old stone houses are fairly common,&nbsp; but I still find them magical. Look at that texture! At the contrast of textures! And can&#8217;t you just picture that house with a time portal in the basement? C&#8217;mon, use your imagination&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Take away the modern windows and modern roof, and this one would make a great location for a time portal:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.11.11.jpg?resize=543%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.11.11.jpg\" width=\"543\" height=\"407\"><\/p>\n<p>I love how the stone makes the house fit into the landscape like it&#8217;s always been there.<\/p>\n<p>Besides writing, I&#8217;m obsessed with gardening, so I took lots of pictures of plants and yards, especially where there were contrasting textures. Like this:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.13.07.jpg?resize=551%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.13.07.jpg\" width=\"551\" height=\"413\"><\/p>\n<p>And this:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-623\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.10.47.jpg?resize=556%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.10.47.jpg\" width=\"556\" height=\"417\"><\/p>\n<p>And my favorite picture of the day. Look at that wonderful old stone wall! and those red buds popping out of the shade! I can picture my main character stumbling over that wall in 1910, on her way to even more trouble.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.08.47.jpg?resize=564%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.08.47.jpg\" width=\"564\" height=\"424\"><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s spring, so I couldn&#8217;t resist the flowers. Here&#8217;s forsythia:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-625\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.17.35-1.jpg?resize=564%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.17.35.jpg\" width=\"564\" height=\"423\"><\/p>\n<p>And sand cherry blossoms:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-24-12.09.25.jpg?resize=559%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2020-04-24 12.09.25.jpg\" width=\"559\" height=\"419\"><\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this little trek into my world, both real and fictional. I&#8217;m fortunate to live in a beautiful, magical place, but beauty and magic can be found anywhere. I hope you&#8217;ll take the time to find some of your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first novel,&nbsp;Vanishing, Inc., is set in a fictional mountain town in Arizona called Ponderosa. I live in Flagstaff, a not-so-fictional mountain town in Arizona that makes an appearance in my story, but since I&#8217;m writing a paranormal romance (a time travel romance, to be specific), I wanted the freedom of a fictional setting. I don&#8217;t want some overly-literal reader leaving me a one-star review because there are, in fact, no time portals in Flagstaff. Hey, you know it could happen. I&#8217;m sure plenty of tourists have walked through standing stones in Scotland and become very grumpy because they did not immediately find themselves in the arms of a lusty Scottish outlaw. BTW, how cheap are airline tickets to Scotland these days? Asking for a friend&#8230; But I digress. Now, where were we? Oh, yeah&#8211;Ponderosa, Arizona, which exists only in my manuscript. But you&#8217;ll love it, I promise. Especially since it involves a lusty Arizona outlaw. It also involves the unique landscape of the Northern Arizona mountains, which I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to call home for the last 6 years. Now that my world has shrunk to the size of my yard (thanks, Microbe that Must not be Named), my explorations have been a bit limited. But last week I got to take a trip! Go on a journey! Where did I go, you ask? I took my husband to the dentist. It&#8217;s a thrill a minute around here, I tell ya. His dentist&#8217;s office is in one of Flagstaff&#8217;s historic neighborhoods, so I took myself on a mini photo safari while he got his tooth fixed. The primary setting in Vanishing, Inc. is a stone cottage built in 1890, so I paid particular attention to old stone houses. Like this one: I&#8217;ve been fascinated by stone houses since I was a kid. I suppose they remind me of the fairy tales I read over and over in elementary school. We have a lot of rocks around here, so old stone houses are fairly common,&nbsp; but I still find them magical. Look at that texture! At the contrast of textures! And can&#8217;t you just picture that house with a time portal in the basement? C&#8217;mon, use your imagination&#8230; Take away the modern windows and modern roof, and this one would make a great location for a time portal: I love how the stone makes the house fit into the landscape like it&#8217;s always been there. Besides writing, I&#8217;m obsessed with gardening, so I took lots of pictures of plants and yards, especially where there were contrasting textures. Like this: And this: And my favorite picture of the day. Look at that wonderful old stone wall! and those red buds popping out of the shade! I can picture my main character stumbling over that wall in 1910, on her way to even more trouble. And it&#8217;s spring, so I couldn&#8217;t resist the flowers. Here&#8217;s forsythia: And sand cherry blossoms: I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this little trek into my world, both real and fictional. I&#8217;m fortunate to live in a beautiful, magical place, but beauty and magic can be found anywhere. I hope you&#8217;ll take the time to find some of your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290,15,27],"tags":[36,71,76,114,526],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-photos","category-vanishing-inc","tag-arizona","tag-flagstaff","tag-gardens","tag-settings","tag-stone-buildings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo safari through a historic Flagstaff neighborhood - Janet Alcorn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2020\/04\/29\/photo-safari-through-a-historic-flagstaff-neighborhood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photo safari through a historic Flagstaff neighborhood - Janet Alcorn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My first novel,&nbsp;Vanishing, Inc., is set in a fictional mountain town in Arizona called Ponderosa. 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It also involves the unique landscape of the Northern Arizona mountains, which I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to call home for the last 6 years. Now that my world has shrunk to the size of my yard (thanks, Microbe that Must not be Named), my explorations have been a bit limited. But last week I got to take a trip! Go on a journey! Where did I go, you ask? I took my husband to the dentist. It&#8217;s a thrill a minute around here, I tell ya. His dentist&#8217;s office is in one of Flagstaff&#8217;s historic neighborhoods, so I took myself on a mini photo safari while he got his tooth fixed. The primary setting in Vanishing, Inc. is a stone cottage built in 1890, so I paid particular attention to old stone houses. Like this one: I&#8217;ve been fascinated by stone houses since I was a kid. I suppose they remind me of the fairy tales I read over and over in elementary school. We have a lot of rocks around here, so old stone houses are fairly common,&nbsp; but I still find them magical. Look at that texture! At the contrast of textures! And can&#8217;t you just picture that house with a time portal in the basement? C&#8217;mon, use your imagination&#8230; Take away the modern windows and modern roof, and this one would make a great location for a time portal: I love how the stone makes the house fit into the landscape like it&#8217;s always been there. Besides writing, I&#8217;m obsessed with gardening, so I took lots of pictures of plants and yards, especially where there were contrasting textures. Like this: And this: And my favorite picture of the day. Look at that wonderful old stone wall! and those red buds popping out of the shade! I can picture my main character stumbling over that wall in 1910, on her way to even more trouble. And it&#8217;s spring, so I couldn&#8217;t resist the flowers. Here&#8217;s forsythia: And sand cherry blossoms: I hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed this little trek into my world, both real and fictional. 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