Lisa Carter's Blog, page 13

Need a reason to smile? Fun 2 minute Coast Guard chanty #video

 

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Behind the Scene #Inspiration from Coast Guard Sweetheart

Fictional Kiptohanock

The church steeple as it pierces the azure sky over the Eastern Shore fishing village

The Sandpiper Diner where happily-ever-after began in a hail of donuts.

Inside The Sandpiper Diner

Is that waitress Dixie?

Kiptohanock Coast Guard station

Kiptohanock Town Square

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Coast Guard Sweetheart #Cover Reveal

Available for pre-order now—Releasing May 1st

Set sail for fictional Kiptohanock on the beautiful Eastern Shore of Virginia. It’s choppy waters ahead on the course of true love for Honey Duer and Sawyer Kole in Coast Guard Sweetheart.

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#Plant Diversity in #Arizona

The amazing and diverse ecosystems featured in The Stronghold—

Century Plant

Cottonwood leaves turn a beautiful yellow in autumn.

Mexican blue sage—beloved in drought-tolerant gardens.

This gnarled juniper brings an architectural beauty to the desert landscape.

The iconic saguaro

Pinon Pine

Yucca

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#Desert Creatures from #TheStronghold

Here are a few of the desert animals—sometimes exotic—encountered by the hero and heroine on their quest in The Stronghold—

Red-tailed Hawk

Armadillo

Bald Eagle

Chuckwalla, more frightening—and deadly—than you might suppose.

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The #Apache World

 

The stark world of the Apache

The vibrant, cultural identity of the Apache

A traditional cradleboard—Apache version of the modern REI baby backpack

Traditional Apache 3-tiered skirt and Mexican overblouse

Traditional Apache culture thrives

Distinctively Apache footwear

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The #Supermoon & #TheStronghold

A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon comes into its closest elliptical orbit to the Earth. The technical name for this phenomenon is perigee. A full moon at perigee is visually larger as seen in the Earth’s night sky—14% larger in diameter, 30% larger in area and shines 30% brighter.

In the Northern Hemisphere, supermoons will tend to appear larger during the winter.

The best time to enjoy a supermoon is after moonrise, weather permitting, when the moon is just above the horizon. A supermoon appears bigger and brighter than when it’s higher up in the sky because of the comparative size of the supermoon with the landscape – hills, foliage and buildings.

Civilizations throughout history have given this event various names—such as blood moon, harvest moon or hunter’s moon.

Sometimes a supermoon coincides with a lunar eclipse—which happened most recently September 27-28, 2015. It is not unusual for these eclipses to occur in a tetrad—4 lunar eclipses over the span of 2 years.

The next tetrad will occur—

April 25-26, 2032
October 18-19, 2032
April 14-15, 2033
October 8, 2033

The next supermoon dates are—

• November 14, 2016

• December 3, 2017

• January 1, 2018

For more information and behind-the-scenes photos of The Stronghold visit https://www.pinterest.com/lisacoxcarter/the-stronghold/.

#BorderWars & #TheStronghold

The Mexican-American borderland is one of the most dangerous places in the world. Crossings monitored by Border patrol are located in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California.

Border Crossing Checkpoint

The State Department has issued numerous alerts warning American tourists of the danger in the violent, blood-soaked domain of the drug cartels.

Be advised—as Pilar and Alex discovered in The Stronghold—You enter at your own risk.

Border Patrol

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Real Life #Explorers of the #Sierra Madre

If you are interested in learning more about the rugged and fascinating history of this remote wilderness just south of the American border, start with these real life explorers—

Helge Ingstad—Norwegian archaeologist who first discovered evidence of Vikings in America

Fascinating account of a son’s quest to retrace the steps of his famous father — who died months before the son’s birth.

Anthropologist Grenville Goodwin—a life cut tragically short

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#Architectural Inspiration in the #Southwest

Here are a few of the dwellings which inspired me in the creation of The Stronghold—

Adobe

Mexican hacienda

Abuela’s Arizona ranch

The inn in Xoacatyl

Traditional Apache wickiup

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