Interests of Callie
Top Recent Photos
Leanna's Gymnastics Tournament at Disneyland Convention Hall
Mexican People gather early morning December 6, 2025.
California History, Parks and Museums
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 contains 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 inCalifornia 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. I also worked as a Computer Resourse Specialist with the Santa Barbara County and UCSB. 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 theworld. 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.Part of learning California History has been studying California Mission History (I am currently a part-time archivist with Old Mission Santa Ines) which includes learning more about the role of Spain and Mexico. Lately I am trying to update my webpage design working with AI to help clean up my css files and web pages. It reminds me of the days when photography went digital and I could afford to take more photos. Now I can dive into webpage design with the help of AI and play around with information science tools. (updated February 1, 2026)