Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Have a Lookie

A few times a week at lunch I've been going out for walks. Like I've said before, it's really the only time of my day that I feel is mine. The rest of the day I'm either sitting in my cube working for "The Man" or at home being a mom and wife. But my lunch hour is my time, all mine and I'm doing what I want to do.

I end up walking about 3 miles around the neighborhood by the office. I love looking at all the houses, the gardens, flowers in bloom and generally just enjoy a pretty afternoon. I thought I'd share with all of you just some of the things I saw on my walk on Friday. Enjoy!


Heading up the street from the office




These beautiful Jacaranda trees are in bloom all over town



Cute little house for sale... no, I don't know how much but, probably close to a cool million, yikes!



The Santa Barbara Mission


The dude on the Segway


The Courthouse and someone enjoying a sunny ride


The play structure at the park

There you have it, a small sip-it of what my walks are like. Pretty nice, I think.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those pics are lovely!

You say on your profile: "We live in an area of the country where being anything bigger than a size 6 is considered unacceptably large and in a town where movie stars live."

Would that be LA, or one of the suburbs of LA?

You have to help me here I am a simple London lass from the UK with not a huge amount of knowledge about the US.

Although one of my favourite cop shows is Columnbo, the most famous LAPD detective ever!

Alli said...

Verr pretty!!! I am jealous!!

Manuela said...

Looks like a lovely place to walk around.

Santa Barbara is on my list of places I'd like to see in the States. I LOVE that tree--I've never actually seen a jacaranda. Do they have any fragrance?

Great job on the walking!

Big Girl said...

Manuela~ Jacaranda's don't have any fragrance but they are absolutely beautiful this time of year when they are in bloom. The flowers fall off and create sidewalks gorgeously littered in purple.

Unknown said...

That's such a beautiful walk you've got! I love the trees.

Unknown said...

How gorgeous! When I worked I always LOVE LOVE LOVED my lunch break - teaching it's only 30 minutes, but it was 30 minutes of pure heaven!

OH, and isn't that house too cute? I want it!