Old Mission of Santa Ynez - Santa Barbara, California
Built in 1804 and surrounded by rose garden. The Old Mission is both peaceful and beautiful. It is still an active parish church for 2,000 families.
Published by Memmay Moore
I am a transfer to Tampa from Boston where I had many years experience in health and nutrition education. I am now enjoying a new career in writing and photography. View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentBeautiful Mission and gardens, great photos Memmay.
Nice pictures!
Great pictures - No notice
Beautiful photos that I did not get a notice of.
What a beautiful mission! It is so cool that it is still being used. I've been trying to check in with your articles every few days. Hope your email notification problem is fixed real soon! :)
Yes Memmay, I second Michelle's emotion! Most beautiful pictures that I have seen of teh Old Mission. Want's me to go on a mission too! A mission from God! LOL Oh yeah, already doing that! :-)
Oh Memmay, what a beautiful Mission! To think, I might have missed these photos if you hadn't told me that your notifications were not going out! cheers :)
BEautiful photos - isn't it great that something with so much history is still functioning so well?!
So beautiful, thank you!