Interests of Callie

One of my biggest interests is photography and working with web pages. I especially enjoy nature, wildlife and surf photography. I have been organizing and sharing my files through Flickr. Lately I've been using Lightroom and iCloud. Exploring photo cataloging tools is fun and at times unnerving, but it's nice to keep learning. I live in Solvang, Calfornia and mostly grew up in Santa Barbara and southern California, so much of this site shows the California lifestyle that good fortune has allowed me to live.

This website is a place to explore website ideas, share my photos and interests and see how websites evolve through time. It has been up for around twenty years. It as my nature, surfing and travel photo journals as well as a place to share nice places in Santa Barbara County. Many slideshows of places in Santa Barbara and places close by in California are part of this site. Events with family and friends are also included in the Friends and Family section.

My husband and I retired from our wonderful organic market garden September 2015. I retired from UCSB earlier in 2015 . It is nice to have more free time. This website is my little non-paying side job where my reward is sharing some of my interests with others both locally and around the world. Facebook has been a major place to share my life experiences and studies but I hope to start adding more to my website as well. California History is a new section I am adding which shows my evolving studies and interests. (updated September 7, 2025)