WELCOME HAPPY MORNING!

Happy Easter From Mission Santa Barbara:

Altar: Decorated for Christmas

Altar Detail: Santa Barbara

Easter Vigil.........

Keeping The Easter Vigil Until The Day Breaks:

Good Friday

We take a break from Mission Santa Barbara for Good Friday:

This is a new take on an old subject from the Historic Denver Pioneer Cemetery.

(The scanned image in that photo is reversed, this one is correct.  Just in case you noticed ;=))

Maundy Thursday.........Keeping Watch

The Lion watches over the Lavanderia at Mission Santa Barbara

Faith on Film: Palm with Thorns

A Palm with Thorns leads us into Holy Week:

Palm Sunday: Santa Barbara Facade

You don't know how hard it was to get a tourist free shot!

I've made a slight adjustment (ABOVE) using the Transform.Perspective function in Photoshop.  However, I think that the untransformed image (BELOW) has more tension and drama.

Mission Santa Barbara: Venerable Fig

Planted when the Mission was founded in 1786:

Sad that people have to be told not to damage the tree!

Showing the Green For St Patrick's Day

I've only poste B&W throughout Lent, But I had to show a little Green for St. Patrick's Day:

Mission Santa Barbara: Architectural Details......

Exterior View behind the Altar...............

I have to admit that a functioning Mission is not as interesting as the ruins I photographed at San Juan Capistrano Or Pecos Pueblo.

By the way this is another Photomerge......

Mission Santa Barbara: Photo Merge Fun.......In the Courtyard

A bit late with my Sunday Posting, so I'm posting something special.....A little more fun with Photomerge.  The Mission Courtyard was too large for a single shot, even with a wide angle lens.  So I planned on doing a merge and took the appropriate photos.

Below is the uncropped merge, FYI: