Pictures Taken By you...

[Virgil]

Ok. I haven't posted in a while. In July we spent a little over a week in Santa Barbara, California. Here are some photos.

[Idril]

I love those trees, Virgil.

And Niamh, your pictures really make me want to visit the Midlands. I'm just so fascinated the history and age of those buildings, there's just nothing like that here.

[Pensive]

Some really good additions! And the baby is very cute, Niamh! How old is she?

[Niamh]

I love those trees, Virgil.

And Niamh, your pictures really make me want to visit the Midlands. I'm just so fascinated the history and age of those buildings, there's just nothing like that here.

We have a lot of lovely castles, churches and cathedrals in Ireland but we just dont have those beautiful wooden framed houses that they have in britain.

Some really good additions! And the baby is very cute, Niamh! How old is she?

I think shes one next month. Shes a beautiful baby. Only cries when shes sleepy.

Niamh, what incredible photos. I just love them all! Very nice photos of you and your friends. I like that last one of you in particular. Now we know what our Niamh really looks like and she is quite pretty indeed. Keep these cool photos coming.

Thanks Janine! I've popped myself into a few photos i've posted onlitnet but i think the best one of me is the one with my friends. I'm not pulling a wierd goofy face in it!

Beautiful pictures Naimh. Such a charming looking place. And photos of you and your friends.

Thanks Virgil. You pics of Santa Barbara are lovely Virg! Very spanish.!

[SleepyWitch]

There are parts of Scotland that are like the pics. Also some really nice parts of the east Midlands.

just my luck to have lived in the West Midlands then. grrrrrrrrrr

very nice pics Uncle Virgil. i love the first and third one. another place in the U.S. I'll have to visit if/when I go there in 2009

[Niamh]

just my luck to have lived in the West Midlands then. grrrrrrrrrr

also the peak district is pretty. Not to mention Wales.
(these photos from photo bucket. Not mine)
wales

Scotland

East midlands

Peak district

[SleepyWitch]

yep, I've been to Scotland and Wales, not to the Peak District, though

[Niamh]

I've never been to the peak either. The only part of wales i've been to was a pub in holyhead! day trip from dublin.

[Petrarch's Love]

Niamh--Wanted to say how much I've been enjoying seeing all your fine pictures of your beautiful country. These latest of Wales and Scotland are gorgeous to. Makes me want to take a long trip traveling around all the green isles.

Virg.--Your pics made me so nostalgic for my undergraduate years at UC Santa Barbara. I know and love all the places in those shots.

[Niamh]

the most recent pics i've posted are from my trips to England. As soon as i get around to it i'll post more of Ireland for you.

[Virgil]

Niamh those are fabulous pictures. The remind me of the American west. Where is the Peak district? I have never heard of it.

Yes Santa Barbara, as most of California, has a deep Spanish history. There was a church and old Spanish fort that went back to the 15th century, and that is very old for America.

[Lily Adams]

Ok. I haven't posted in a while. In July we spent a little over a week in Santa Barbara, California. Here are some photos.

I live a half an hour south of Santa Barbara. Gorgeous, isn't it? That's definitely it. I know where you were. We go there for special occassions and walk on the pier and stuff. We like shopping on Main Street, too. I think it's Main Street...or State Street or something like that. We actually visit Santa Barbara quite a bit. You know that big area of houses on that hill overlooking the harbor? I like to look at it and think that all the rich, famous people live there. I'm sure some do. But I pay more attention to the ocean. Very gorgeous city qith beautiful Spanish influences.

I was actually there on the Fourth, so maybe we ran into each other and didn't know it? XD

And I love all your photos, Niamh, whether you took them or not. The U.K. is the first foreign country I want to visit. So gorgeous and emotional. Old and charming.

[Janine]

Virgil, I love your Santa Barbara Photos - lets give them double exposure here, because they are so lovely! This really takes me back to my brief visit there some 20 or more years ago. I see the place has not changed a hair - beautiful beyond description, as usual. Is that the mission on the hill? I went and toured the mission - loved it and the view from up there. One of the buildings down below across from the beach looks just like one I had lunch in. Oh how I long to go back there. I just loved Santa Barbara so much. Those palm trees are amazing and I like the way your photo is sort of misty in that one - very atmospheric. Your camera takes great pictures....and of course, so do you, behind the shutter do, too!

Ok. I haven't posted in a while. In July we spent a little over a week in Santa Barbara, California. Here are some photos.

[Virgil]

Virgil, I love your Santa Barbara Photos - lets give them double exposure here, because they are so lovely! This really takes me back to my brief visit there some 20 or more years ago. I see the place has not changed a hair - beautiful beyond description, as usual. Is that the mission on the hill? I went and toured the mission - loved it and the view from up there. One of the buildings down below across from the beach looks just like one I had lunch in. Oh how I long to go back there. I just loved Santa Barbara so much. Those palm trees are amazing and I like the way your photo is sort of misty in that one - very atmospheric. Your camera takes great pictures....and of course, so do you, behind the shutter do, too!

Thanks Janine. I don't remember if that is the mission. I want to say yes, but I'm not sure. I took that picture from the tower in the last picture I posted, that fancy building with the tower and courtyard. That fancy building is a court building but tourists are allowed to tour the murials in the rooms (which were OK but rather Hollywoodish) and go to the tower. The tower is the highest structure in town and snapped the picture of the church from up there.

If you liked the picture of the trees, here are a few more taken in early morning sunshine with the fog breaking up.





And here's a picture of me with the mountains in the background.

[bluevictim]

Idril, I love those hazy windmill pictures; they look so dreamy.

SleepyWitch, your pictures make me hungry for some kalua pork!

Niamh, that cathedral in Lincoln looks magnificent. The cars in the foreground make an interesting juxtaposition.

Virgil, great pictures of Santa Barbara. I love the California coast.

I thought I'd contribute some more pictures from Yosemite National Park:

Here's one of the very photogenic Cathedral Peak:

(I posted another shot of this peak before)

Here is a shot of Yosemite Valley from Half Dome at sunrise:


I hope you enjoy!