Coffee Talk | Santa Barbara Dreaming

Since my husband and I have moved to the MidWest or wherever you would like to say Vegas is located, we have frequented California.  For five years we have adventured the Southern Coast of Cali from San Diego to Santa Barbara.  Our first trip to Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez wine country we toured a few wineries, had a charcuterie picnic and finished at Fess Parker winery.  The vineyards were beautiful in late May and David walked me to the Riesling grapes under a giant oak tree and asked me to marry him.  This is my favorite place to visit, the beginning of us, not to mention the phenomenal wine.  

This trip we watched the sunrise at the beach by the Santa Barbara pier and Fletcher ran around chasing the "biiirdees" for hugs.  We went and enjoyed the art at the Santa Barbara Museum only to realize we belonged more in the Children's Museum thanks to Fletcher's fascination with his echo. At least he had fun making his own art with a glue stick, who needs first century statues and 400 years of Italian paintings?!  Then we carted across the Southern Wine Country to Fess Parker.  Fletch played on the beautiful grounds and we enjoyed our engagement spot.  At night we walked down the whopping pier and enjoyed the immense sky and it's billions of stars.  I saw The Little Dipper for the first time, thanks to my glasses and husband, who knew!  

I find that traveling with a film camera allows me to enjoy and soak in the beauty around me and forces me to only take pictures that are "worth it."  It's obvious that Fletcher's moments are always worth the cost of film to me.  I hope you enjoy this film bit of Santa Barbara as much as I enjoyed taking them.