PICTURES FROM
HOME,
MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS,
NORTHERN EUROPE - Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Norway, The Netherlands.




Pictures from Ron and Claire's Santa Barbara home!

Left Back Yard

Garden1
Garden2
Garden3
From side of house 1 **
From side of house 2 **

Five blocks away, here's a path, along the vast mesa, that leads to wooden steps down to the beach...
Back Yard

Trellis from left back yard to back of house, along flagstone walk
View of trellis and hillside **
Trellis and walk from the other way **
Left top of hillside **
Right top of hillside **
Along top of hillside toward plum tree **
Looking up hillside 1 
Looking up hillside 2
Right Side Terrace

Terrace garden
Terrace garden center **
Rose garden behind terrace garden *
Terrace garden and mountains from left **
View of SB Mountains over terrace hedge *
Terrace and orange tree **

Hobbes the jungle cat
Dining Room, Kitchen, Living room,
Office, Bedroom


Dining room and kitchen
Right side porch through living room doors
Living room

Hobbes in office, ready for work
Cats in bed
Front of House


Front entrance
Front entrance (December 2005)
Right front
Right Front Yard


Shady yard, bench, orange trees (now has flagstone walk)
View from terrace **
(* October 2004; ** May 2007; the others January and June 2005 -- a lot of plant growth in a short time!)



Wildflower pictures from Figueroa Mountain just north of Santa Barbara in Los Padres National Forest (after historic rains and then sun), April 2005.
The road is 20 miles of gorgeous countryside.

Blue lupine and golden poppies

Blue lupine and golden poppies

Slope carpeted in lupine

Flowers

Goldfields

Golden poppies, bluedicks, yellow buttercup
Golden poppies, bluedicks, goldfields, hummingbird sage

Fiddlenecks

A Vista Point

Field of bluedicks

Flowers

Lizard!

Flowers

Bluedicks

Bluedicks

Bluedicks, goldfields

Golden California poppies

Vista with poppies,goldfields




Christmas 2005



Pictures from trip to Berlin and Dresden (April 2005) and
our Northern European trip (Finland, Estonia, St. Petersburg, Prague, Dresden, Norway and The Netherlands) (March 15 - July 31, 2006).


Click here for a map of Finland showing the cities we visited in Finland, and Finland's relation to Norway, Sweden, Russia, and Estonia.

Click here for brief overviews of facts and figures about Finland.

Click here for comprehensive links to all aspects of public services and information about Finland.

For thumbnails with links to photos from each of the following places, click on the following. Dates are first day in each city.


Helsinki and throughout Finland

Helsinki (Mar 20)
Helsinki (Apr 9)
Helsinki (Apr 12)
Helsinki (Apr 14)
Helsinki – Soumenlinna Islands Fortress (Apr 15 )
Helsinki - May Day Celebration (May 1)
Helsinki - Women's 10K (May 21)
Helsinki - Katajanokka District (lovely doors!)
Helsinki (May 26)
Helsinki - with White Nights photos from 11 p.m.! (May 27)
Helsinki - Harbor, Middle East Cemetary, Buildings (June)
Helsinki - Zoo, Winter Garden, St. John's, Finlandia & Opera House (July 8)
Helsinki - Finnish History Museum, Huge Central Park, Senate Square (July 9)
Helsinki - Library, Harbors (July 11)
Rovaniemi, Arctic Circle, Santa Claus Village, Ranua Wildlife Park (May 6)
Oulu (May 9)
Tampere (May 10)
Lahti (May 18)
Jyvaskyla (May 23)
Abo (Swedish) or Turku (Finnish) (May 29) [not posted yet]
Helsinki - Pesapallo (Finnish baseball) at Soumenlinna Islands Fortress with U. Helsinki Dept. of Communication (June 6)
Helsinki - Seurassari Island - Outdoor Museum of Old Wooden Buildings (June)
Porvoo (3 Hours East along the Coast by Boat) (July 14)

St. Petersburg, Prague, Dresden, Estonia, Norway, The Netherlands

St. Petersburg, Russia and Russian Communication Association Conference (June 10)
Prague, Czech Republic (June 17 & 24)
Dresden, Germany (a year earlier - Apr 2005)
Dresden, Germany and International Communication Association Conference (June 18)
Meissen, Germany (outside of Dresden, known for porcelain), (June 20)
Estonia - Claire's Trip (July 1)
Trondheim, Norway (July 16)
Oslo, Norway (July 19)
Alkmaar, The Netherlands (July 23) [not posted yet]