John & Anne Wiley

2010/12/21

Layers

Filed under: Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 01:52

Anne had hair and happiness (shopping) time this afternoon, as I cruised Altered State Street looking for a place to park. Downtown was surprisingly busy given the rain, but maybe most were doing holiday shopping and taking advantage of this break in the heavy rain of the last few and next few days. For some like Anne and me though, it was also a great time to be out and about. There was just enough rain to tingle the skin and make everything shiny. I paused at the corner before turning left onto Altered State, to snap this invigorating view of the clouds layering among the hills over Montecito. Layers of thoughtful feelings about holidays and a precious grand-daughter warmed my heart in the brisk air.

4040 Rainy Day Stroll

4040 Rainy Day Stroll

2010/12/18

Rain & Memories

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,People,Random,Relationships,SB Region — John @ 23:31

I’ve finally found one photo of grand-daughter beautiful, being held by our jubilant son-in-law (posted on his FaceBook page). I’d like to post it, but we’ve had a policy of keeping pix of people off this blog and I already bent that rule yesterday with the old photo of my precious daughter as a newborn. So we’re sitting by the fire listening to the rain, and remembering all our sweet and fun times with her as we imagine how Happy Tired they are.

To keep myself busy, I’ve also looked through more of the photos from our most recent flight. I imagined just now what it would be like to have the whole family over for a holiday meal at this place downtown.

3976 Downtown Mans w/Tower

3976 Downtown Mans w/Tower

I wouldn’t want to own, much less live in such a massive old house. It would be fun to have that tower though, and add round windows all the way around. There did seem to be a gathering at Oprah’s place, since we seldom see more than one or two cars there just before sunset as this was.

3997 Oprah's Montecito Estate

3997 Oprah's Montecito Estate

Nearby was a quiet scene with the Chumash burial ground at Shalawa Meadow in the foreground and a serene seascape toward the distant clouds beyond Carp.

4003 Shalawa (Hammond's) Meadow

4003 Shalawa (Hammond's) Meadow

Generations of memories, here and in the homes we saw, and beyond to the native peoples who once gathered on that beach for meals and ceremonies.

2010/12/17

Some Enchanted Evening

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,SB Region — John @ 03:44

This evening we enjoyed a brief flight that could be our last chance for a few days due to forecast rain. I’ve sent some words & pix to Edhat and posted some on my Photo Page (links in the right column of this page), and wanted to share more here. Already feeling blissful from being aloft again, the mood deepened when we spotted this “sun dog” over the channel.

3982 Sun Dog

3982 Sun Dog

Over the sacred Chumash site named Shalawa Meadow was another contemplative view of clouds over the coast to Ventura.

3983 Coastal Clouds

3983 Coastal Clouds

By the time we landed, our mood had shifted far into the mystic. Back in town we paused to admire the rainbow moon floating in an indigo sky beyond the magical tree shapes, portending tomorrow’s rain.

4022 Rainbow Moon

4022 Rainbow Moon

 

2010/12/14

Big Sky

Filed under: by Anne,Has Photos,Nature,Random,SB Region — Anne @ 05:15

Same eve, whilst I was walking, I caught these photos to show to John.

0967 Sunset Tree

0967 Sunset Tree

Our winter skies are so spectacular of late…

0968 setting Sun, big Sky

0968 setting Sun, big Sky

by ~Anne

Tiny Window

Filed under: Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,Random,SB Region — John @ 04:45

We have a tiny window in our bathroom that opens on the Winter sunsets. Watching tonight’s show, it wasn’t different enough to motivate me toward the camera so I just stood and watched. Then suddenly just before it all ended, the horizon lit up magnificently against the deepening blue.

3968 Last Colors

3968 Last Colors

As it faded, I realized this is the last natural color we’ll see today. Luckily during these long nights we have lots of holiday lights to enjoy, eh? I also pondered how the sunset itself is a little window: into what’s going on beyond the horizon. If it’s cloudy there, the sunset ends early. If it’s clear way out into the Pacific the light show lasts late with deep blue above.

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