One of the things I love most about any city or town has to be their abundance of flowers and plants. I think when a city is lush with foilage it makes it so beautiful.
It can be colorful red geraniums or tall Palm Trees...
...cascading plants in terracotta pots or prickly succulents...
I think this is agave or maybe aloe vera....not quite sure...
I especially like them planted in galvanized buckets...
...or on a trellis over some smokey blue garage doors.
Climbing ficus against the white stucco of buildings and terracotta style roofs looks very pretty, very Spanish.
It abounds in downtown near outdoor restaurants, near pathways or climbing up walls.
Isn't this clay planter pretty with the creeping vine all around it?
Not only did I find the flowers and plants intriguing but the People Statues was such a neat added touch to downtown Santa Barbara's landscape.
Not only do the hotels, shops and restaurants have well kept flora in the gardens or in planters, so do lots of the home owners. Their gardens were so pretty and in all different styles of plants.
This home had lots of hydrangeas under the windows and succulents in two galvanzied buckets..
Loved this little cottage with a wrap around picket fence....just a block from the beach.
A Craftsmen style home with a garden full of California Natives...{my Mother's favorite}.
Spanish Style homes are plentiful in the area...with lots and lots of planted succulents.
I even spotted an English Cottage home..with slate shutters.
But my favorite Santa Barbara home was the one with shingles and the gambrel roof...
...it had a little dormer over the front door.
With a sundeck above the front door and a fragrant hedge to block peeking eyes {who me?}. Don't you love the eyebrow window up top?
Santa Barbara..you are a beautiful place....I picked up some momentos..
to remember this California town, a bamboo surfboard-shaped cutting board and a Santa Barbara Mission Hand towel that I'm going to sew into a pillow. I've always wanted to have different pillows all over my home with all the destinations that we've visited as a family. So begins another collection.....until we meat again Santa Barbara.
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