Semana Santa is a beautiful, dramatic dichotomy of solemnity and celebration that captures Spain's passion and essence. It's Holy Week with foil balloons.
This is a "motor inn" across the street from my building. A lot of tours stay there.
Every Wednesday night during daylight savings time, you'll find upwards of 200 sailboats heading out onto Monterey bay for the Wednesday Night Beer Can Races. There no winner, just lots of fun, fast boats, and smiles all around.
Afternoon light painting across two wooden doors in an old adobe building in Santa Fe, New Mexico
This beautiful public garden sits in the Santa Ynez mountains above the Santa Barbara Mission. A tour of the grounds includes the dam and irrigation system that was built in the early 1800's to support the mission.
Florence's lovely piazza Santa Croce glistening on a rainy January night
The facade of Florence's Santa Croce is reflected in the puddles of the piazza fronting the basilica
Fishing off Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, California. Taken on the morning of the Summer Solstice, 2008.