Get Out, and Smell the Roses

Get Out, and Smell the Roses

It’s no secret that Santa Barbara is very pectoris---Whether you are taking in the breathtaking views of the ocean and letting your worries disappear, or cruising up the mountains into the Rivera looking down at the city from a bird’s eye view.

One of the places I find particularly beautiful is the Santa Barbara Mission.  I find it beautiful for a few reasons, but we’ll get into that a little later. Anyway, this week I took a walk to the mission to get some inspiration for one, this blog post, and second, just life in general. (We can never stop seeking inspiration!) Am I right? One of the reasons I find the Mission beautiful and inspiring is it’s landscaping which consists of hundreds of rose bushes in every color you can imagine. You can sniff away for hours!

As I briefly mentioned in the first blog post, I enjoy all kinds of flowers.

On my way to the army of rose bushes at the Santa Barbara Mission, I got inspired along the way to take pictures of the flower gems spring has provided. Despite this horrible drought California is in, the flowers are BLOOMIN’.

Here’s the first flower I ran into on my walk. I named him, “Bad Kisser.” Yes, I named the flowers.

These also caught my attention. Thorns generally have a negative connotation and correlate with pain. To me the pink thorns represented the beauty in past hurdles, which deserve recognition.  

On a lighter note, I named this tree, “Purple Rain.” I feel the name explains it’s self. I continued my walk to the Santa Barbara Mission…

Here is another bunch of dainty ladies I found. I named this squad, “Sex in the City.”

I finally made it to my destination and I got the inspiration I was looking for.

I even got to kick off my sandals and put my toes in the grass. It was a good walk with a little taste of Santa Barbara's gems.