Fourth
4th of July fireworks over Santa Barbara harbour. A bit on the weak side this year, so it goes…
4th of July fireworks over Santa Barbara harbour. A bit on the weak side this year, so it goes…
After nearly one week the storms have finally departed as Saturday started off with a perfectly blue sky (probably the nicest day I’ve had since I left California in September). Santa Barbara’s East beach was littered with numerous beached boats which were torn loose from mooring just off the coast; where the sea is normally calm and placid. Some of the boats might be salvageable while others seem to be a complete loss, unfortunately.
Several big storms have been blowing through southern California over the last days causing quite a bit of chaos to a place that is normally used to sunshine. High seas have torn several sailboats loose from their moorings and washed them ashore on East Beach near the Cabrillo Bath house. Went down to the beach early this morning in a brief pause in the rain to take a few photos. Now back at the house at 8:00 am, rain is pounding the windows and low rumbles of thunder can be heard every few minutes.
Today (Friday) at noon was the annual Fiesta parade here in Santa Barbara. It is mostly an equestrian parade riders from different organizations from around the area taking part, many dressed in traditional Spanish or Mexican costumes. Only a couple photos for now. I’ve made a Fiesta photo gallery: HERE, which I’ll add photos to during the next days.
La Fiesta Pequeña ( the little Fiesta) On Wednesday night marks the beginning of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days, otherwise known simply as ‘Fiesta.’ Fiesta occurs every August here in Santa Barbara and is the biggest festival of the year. Traditional music and dancing combined with open air markets and parades attract thousands of people from the world over. I’ll be out and about taking photos during the next days…
Images from tonight of dancers on the steps of the Santa Barbara mission at La Fiesta Pequeña:
4th of July fireworks over Santa Barbara Harbor.
Today (Saturday) was the annual summer solstice parade here in Santa Barbara. This was the first time I’ve gone in years and years so I thought I might go and take some photos. Definitely a lot more colorful and sunny compared to how they celebrate midsummer in Germany, but I don’t think we could get away with huge bonfires here in Southern California.
Lots and lots of colorful costumes: some cool looking, some funny, some strange and some just a little bizarre. But hey, it’s summer now…
Had some strange weather in Santa Barbara today, for this time of year anyways. Ended up on a couple hour drive down a dirt road along the mountain ridge. Good way to spend a Friday night. Every time I would pull over to take a photo, the clouds would roll in and I couldn’t see more that a few feet.
We were allowed back onto my brother’s street this morning (Sunday). The fire burned to my brother’s fence in the back yard, which backs up to a mostly wild and grassy hillside that rises above. It looks like it was more of a small ‘spot fire’ caused by flying embers, while the ‘main’ front of the fire was stopped about 50-100 feet above at a small road. Definitely too close for comfort.
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