Around Town
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara Fiesta! Celebrated the first weekend in August since 1925. Click here to see some pictures of fiestas past.
Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens (2001) (Click on pict. for larger view)
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| Bee checks out an iris in the gardens | Water falling from 18th Cent. aqueduct | Large boulder along the garden path |
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| Looking towards mountains at the entrance | View toward the ocean and channel islands | View toward the mountains |
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (2001)
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| Live Butterfly Exhibit, Summer 2001 | ||
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| Mission Creek runs through the museum grounds | Not so live exhibit | |
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Los Angeles, CA Christmas 2001 |
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at sunset from the hill on Church St. in Highland Park. |
Lotusland, Montecito, CA (2002) Lotusland is a garden museum located in the Montecito foothills. It was developed by the late Polish opera singer Ganna Walska over several decades beginning in 1941.
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| Koi pond | Waterfall at Koi pond | Pathway through succulent garden |
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| Large ground clock in background | Olive tree grove | Insect garden |
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| Yellow potted rose | Cactus among the oaks | |
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| Lotus pond center right | The lotus pond | Lotus pond in foreground, house in back |
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 Black bamboo garden |
 Iris at the edge of Japanese garden
pond |
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Home Page or visit Lotusland at www.lotusland.org |
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Santa Barbara Orchid Show, Preview Benefit March 27, 2003
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next to an orchid "forest." |
 Joe
in front of some flowers. |
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 This
plant won "Best of Show." |
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