Holler Red Tail Hawk 
El Calafate Patagonia (Please click to enlarge photos) 
Barbary Ape Gibraltar 
Antarctica
Banff Alberta
Cinque Terre
Holler Hummingbird 
Holler Rose
My closest neighbors are coyotes (packs and packs of them and they are HUNGRY), rattlers (lots and lots of them and they are MEAN), and free range cows/bulls (the bulls aren’t too friendly either).
Forget cell phones. They don’t work out here. Forget GPS, it misdirects.
It’s best not to wander too much out here, the people (and their dogs) are kinda twitchy.
To reach The Holler turn right at the reeking chicken farm, proceed down a bunch of pot-holed semi-streets/dirt roads, past the abandoned refrigerators and occupied old RV’s and then things get kinda dicey.
My friends usual reaction to the trip to The Holler is, “You’ve got to be kidding!” Or, “Next time let’s meet half way.”
This is our little bit of heavenly Appalachia right here in rural California.
I like to write and if something strikes my fancy, usually something odd or unusual, you will learn about it here. And thankfully, at The Holler, almost everyday is odd and unusual. So “Holler Happenings” including photos of flowers, birds, and wild animal interactions, are included.
I travel three-four months a year so you will find my photos of locales from all over the world. The good, bad, and the better.
So put your feet up and let’s devote our attention to the best things in life, the things we want to do.
To start here are some links:
Pinterest page:
Goodreads page,
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5908500-cindy-knoke
And “about me” before I retired and commenced this life of leisure:
http://www.xing.com/profile/Cindy_BartonLCSW
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cindy-knoke-lcsw/4a/51b/b12
Cheers & Welcome!
Cindy Knoke
(AKA-Cindy Barton LCSW)
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Hi Cindy! Thanks for the follow. I don’t know how you came upon my blog, but I’m certainly glad I discovered yours, and am looking forward to exploring!
Blogging rocks! People like us get to meet each other!
Hello Cindy, thank you for following my blog. I will certainly read some posts here on your blog. Happy Holidays! 🙂
Happy New Year!
And to you as well!
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Hi Cindy, i don’t know what has happened but when you did a like on my post I realised I hadn’t heard from you for ages. I came for a look see and can see you have posted heaps. I think the ‘follow’ has done a runner, so I will un-follow and re-follow again and see what happens. I seem to have missed a lot 😀
I have noticed a lot of similar WP hiccups. They issued the same annual report for me two years in a row. People I follow posts don’t show up in my reader. Frustrating I know. Wonderful to have you back though!
Thank you…and regardless of our blogiverse’s tripping all over the countryside, have a Happy New Year….wherever you may be 😀
Happy, Healthy & Peaceful New Year to you!
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Rose shot has very nice tone of colours
Very glad you noticed. Thank you.
beautiful work…look forward to seeing more of your posts.
Thank you, and as I do yours! Cheers & glad you stopped by~
Bienvenue.
Thanks for stopping by and joining my blog. Welcome onboard.
Your photographs are magnificent, I look forward to exploring.
It is a pleasure to meet you.
I love the sound of The Holler. My kind of place, a true retreat. I guess there must be internet though! 😀 Beautiful photographs and I look forward to exploring your blog further.
Welcome! The Holler does have internet, very bad internet. I am always amazed when I go to Africa, or deep into the mountains somewhere and find internet speeds far better than The Holler. We have incredibly slow up-load and download speeds which is quite an annoyance. You are the first person that ever mentioned this! Quite perceptive of you. 🙂
Lovely to meet you, Cindy! Regarding the internet I speak from years of experience of terrible Internet. Anywhere outside a big city in the UK has rubbish connection – a great way to learn patience though. My son used to read novels whilst waiting for YouTube videos to uploads. Slightly better nowadays since part of the route is fibre optic. We go to holdiday in Sweden in the middle of nowhere, no wifi, mobile signal, telephone, TV or computer. Pure bliss! I was wondering did you take the photos – the one of the hummingbird is stunning.
I was in Tallinn Estonia on a day visit, and was downloading some photos outside from my camera to my laptop, when the laptop binged alerting me I was connected to Tallinn’s city wide available for free wifi. I tested it. It was the fastest connection I have ever seen. I got distracted, just for minute (or 3 or 5) from Tallinn’s amazing medieval beauty, by their incredibly fast, free for everyone, everywhere available wifi. I googled it there outside in Tallinn and found out it was rated one of the top 10 digital cities in the world.
Just goes to show, smartness often resides in unexpected places.
I am glad you like my hummingbird photos, I want everyone to love hummingbirds as much as I do because then they will protect them.
Cheers to you~
Hi Cindy. Lovely to meet you. Thank you so much for visiting my blog, Lynne’s Recipe Trails, and for following me. I look forward to visiting your blog. I must say, it really does look amazing and interesting. Have a lovely day and take care. x
Well thank you so much. It is a delight to meet you and I enjoy your blog and creative ideas.
Hi Cindy, I found your blog through Charles French’ reblog on photos of the bald eagle. I’m so glad I stopped by and I look forward to learning more about you and seeing your remarkable photos. Have a nice weekend!! Steph
Hi Stephanae. Charles is a wonderful person and I am so pleased to meet you! Heading over to your blog now. Thanks so much for stopping by~
You’re very welcome Cindy! 🙂
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I think I would like your “holler”. I grew up and lived a good portion of my life in the county–Ozark Mountains area–but have lived in a city for about 15 years now. I still miss the isolation.
Yes. We call any interaction with city life, “going to civilization,” and it is not meant in a particularly endearing way. I love the space and solitude. I bet you have wonderful memories of the Ozarks. Cheers to you and thank you for stopping by~
Yes, I do. And I’ll be back to visit asap.:)
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This is a fantastic blog! What fun it will be to read it. Don’t think I will stop by the “Holler” in person as I am not fond of snakes!
I used to be just this way, but nothing like living with them to get over it! 😉 My son and I just spent about an hour trying to free a corn snake that got caught in the garage door mechanism. He was a beautiful coral colored beneficial snake, but sadly we were unable to save him. Considering I used to feel exactly like you do about snakes, this is a considerable change for me. Thanks for stopping by & cheers too~
Hello from Ukraine!
Your blog is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!
I think its the only true way of living – among wild nature. Photos you’ve made are choking by its frankness.
Best regards, Denis.
Hello in the beautiful Ukraine! We were there a few years ago and fell in love with the place and the people. Thank you for your kind words and be well!
Cindy, is that rose ‘Julia’s Rose’? It is such a unique colour.
It’s a Coco-Loco. I planted four at The Holler. They bloom chocolate brown and eventually turn lavendar. Thank you so much for noticing. I love them!
Nice meeting you, Cindy! 🙂
Visa versa 2UX2!
Thank you for following me and the storyhounds. Your photos are stunning!
We live in a ‘what, are you kidding?’ sort of neighbourhood as well, at the end of a long, twisty dirt track full of potholes, but it’s so beautiful I wouldn’t change it for the world. Unlike you, I can’t do justice to it with my photos!
How wonderful! We’re pothole sisters! Sometimes the most beautiful places lie at the end of the most ugly roads~
Congratulations.. your blog is perfect and your photos are divine. Great en beautiful. Bye
Oh so kind of you and much appreciated too! Cheers to you~
You have a great blog.. I’m happy to discover yours 🙂
I am happy you stopped by and pleased to meet you!
Stunning photos. I have no idea how you keep up with all those followers! I couldn’t do it…
Very kind of you. Thank you! I don’t have followers. I have friends and I take then one person at a time. They make my life better just like you!
I almost missed this! Love the beat and lyrics of course. Thank you!
I just read this and learned so much about you from doing so. I didn’t know, or didn’t remember that you were also a psychotherapist.
Thanks for introducing me to The Holler.
Thank you more for being such a lovely friend! <3
🙂
Just stopping by to say hey, and thanks for visiting my place! You have definitely caught my interest with your wonderful photos, and the description of the Holler! Happy to meet you, Cindy, Hope you are having a wonderful week! 🙂
Lovely to meet you and so by glad you stopped by for a chat! Cheers to you~
Hi, Cindy! I got a notice that you are now following my blog. For some reason I thought you already were. Anyway, thanks so much, and feel welcome to stop by any time!
I was, but this often happens……People get unfollowed.
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Hi Cindy, I just saw that you are “award free” and I had included you for a nomination for the Versatile Blogger Award. Just ignore doing anything about it and I will remove your name. Just know in my heart you deserve it!🙂 I apologize I don’t know how I missed it the first time.
Lydia!
Your thoughtful kindness is so appreciated Lydia. Thank you my friend and all the best to you! <3
Thank you, Cindy, and you are most welcome!
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Thank you for visiting and following my blog, Cindy. I learned about your blog from Lynz Real Cooking. Your work is amazing!
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Thanks for traveling over to my blog to read my poems. Your photographs are amazing.
As are your poems. Creative people rock~
Thank you so much.
Hi Cindy,
So glad to have made your acquaintance here on WP. Your photographs are absolutely stunning, and those landscapes of Utah make me yearn to climb there someday!
Cheers!
Trin
Visa versa 2UX2! I love your blog and I hope you go clamor up those Utah rock faces soon and post about it! Be careful though & cheers to you~
I will! 😊 Cheers
I “happened” upon your site via someone else due to your sandpiper pics as I was just watching them on another coastline (Panama City Beach). I love taking photos, as well. I noted you were a Californian…my dad moved us from the OC to Indiana in ’74. I write about my “holler” here, too. Love your pics and look forward to your blog!
Wonderful to meet you here in our virtual world! Heading over to your site now…..
Thank you…same to you!
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Why did I never see this little page link before Cindy– you’re most beautiful dramatic photos!! You are amazing!
So are you! I love my blogging friends! <3
Well Cindy– you have SO many blogging friends/readers! It’s the photos!! Looking forward to what you have ahead… xo
And I am looking forward to what you have ahead. Happy we are sharing our lives my friend~
I love how one blog leads to another, and then the morning is gone! I found your blog from Eliza Waters on Judy@Newengland… who came from Catherine’s Leaf and Twig. I am deeply flattered that you would follow my New Hampshire Journal. Now we are settling afresh and Long Islanders is starting to reflect my feelings about being “home again.” Blessings, Peter.
Lovely to meet you! Any friend of Eliza’s is a friend of mine. Your blog is a pleasure and thank you for stopping by! Cheers to you from France~
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You are a light in my life! Thank you for being Tina~ <3
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Merci beaucoup mon ami Sally! <3
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Hugs & gratitude for my sweet friend Tina~ <3
Without grandkiddies most of this past school year I was able to travel a bit in the states with my hubby while he worked. We did go out of the country for just a few days to Aruba. They have a butterfly farm. If and when I’ve gotten caught up on other blog things I’ll try email you some photos…if I remember – of the butterflies.
Thank you for your visits and I hope you have made some wonderful memories with all of your travels. Hugs, Jules
What a beautiful blog! It is a treat to read and view.
Well, how kind of your to say and lovely to meet you!
I love the hummingbird! 🙂
I love people who love hummingbirds!
I do, too. My friend, Jill, LOVES them as much as I love sea turtles! 🙂
Well, I love sea turtles inordinately, and have posted about them, so I love you both.
Awww….thanks so much Cindy! I have a couple of new ones coming up, just drawings that I plan to do paintings from eventually.
Look forward to seeing them!
Thanks Cindy. I look forward to sharing them!!
Hi Cindy! I love your blog and the way you share your experiences in such a friendly, casual way just like you’re talking. As I get time I know I’m going to enjoy exploring more of your blogposts. Thanks for visiting my blog too, for reading and liking a lot of my posts and I feel honoured that you’ve even chosen to follow! Thanks, you’ve made my day!
Meeting lovely people like you makes my day and your blog is wonderful! Cheers to you and so pleased to meet you~ <3
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Hello Cindy, I’m so glad I discovered your fabulous blog. Thank you very much for the follow. Cheers 🙂 Irina
Cheers to you and lovely to meet you!
You have got a lovely blog here, 🙂
Love all your photographs !!
I was just now looking at your poetry. You blow me away~
Thanks a lot dear 🙂 Means a lot to me 🙂
The truth does resonate, doesn’t it~
Thanks for checking out my blog, Cindy. You take amazing photos, and I especially love photos of animals. 🙂
The best thing about blogging is the amazing bloggers I get to meet, like you!
Thank you, Cindy! And likewise 🙂
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Hello Cindy, You found the blog where I write about Photography. Thats it, only photography.
Now that I know about you I plan on wandering your blog to view the images you post and read what you have today about them.
Nice to be in contact.
Pleasure to meet you and look forward to chatting with you!
your photos are stunning
I am honored you enjoy them & pleased to meet you!