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Welcome to another week of Sky Watch from around the world.
Clear skies after the morning haze in Southern California this week. This top shot was actually taken in Clovis, California which is in the Central Valley of California.
This is a courtyard at the historical St. Mary Magdalene Church built in 1913 in Camarillo by the Camarillo Family. Juan Camarillo built the church in honor of his father, Don Juan Camarillo, and his mother, Martina Hernandez. It was named for Juan and Adolfo’s oldest sister, Magdalena.
The east courtyard foundation, which was modeled after one at the Santa Barbara mission, quickly became a popular bird bath and favorite gathering place for many of the parishioners after Sunday Mass.
I’ll be posting photos of the church and the doors at the church tomorrow for Opening Doors hosted by Jientje from Heaven in Belgium.
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I like the way you used the flowers to lead us into the sky.
Great photos for swf
it is worth it that you have posted this photo. as it is really lovely to see with the sky…
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beautiful clear blue sky…
I hope have time to stop at my SWF post : in here and here Thanks
I love that first shot,Ellen! Amazing skies you have here!
The first photo is magnificent! Lover the angle and the pinkish colour against the blue, blue sky. Happy Sky Watch Friday!
Beautiful shots, love the angle.
Love the photos. Cali skies seem to be always bluer than blue. Love the myrtle in the first shot.
Ellen: A beutiful place to capture great Sky shots, nicely done.
You have a real way of taking shots in such an excellent composition.
Those are all great. I like the crepe myrtle (or I’m guessing that’s what the first shot is) against blue sky. I’ll look forward to the doors tomorrow.
These are both such pretty and colorful photos. Love the first one especially, with the bright flowers against the sky.
Your California skies, ellen, are indeed beautiful. And your photographs are too! Happy SWF!
Maybe I should go over there for the winter?
Very nice! Love to be in a place like that!
Petunia’s SWF post
Thank you..just lovely..reminds me I better get on and post my skywatch photos…I have only just caught up with abc wednesday! Hve just returned from the US where I was helping my daughter in New York with their first little baby! Now i am Catching up!
Annie
You have captured beauty twice; in the courtyard and the sky!
Wonderful captures!! Great perspective on the flowers (my kinda art
Love the first shot, Ellen. We’re just ending our crepe myrtle season here.
Ellen, Great photos! I loved the angle and view on the first one best! Wonderful pictures!!!! Great job!
Well thought out skywatch photos, a plain blue sky is just ..well..blue!
Your interesting foregrounds make for stimulating viewing.
Pretty skies, beautiful foregrounds!
I do love upwards shots. Both beautiful.
Lovely!
Beautiful
Fabulous! That first shot is AWESOME!!!!!
lovely entry!
I love the shot with the flowers!
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Two beautiful photos again today … I love the ‘perspective’ framed by flowers on the first one especially.
Hugs and blessings,
That is a beautiful blue sky. Lovely!
This is spectacular i love the flowers in the first shot
Great sky and lovely flowers!
Santilli
Flowers reaching for the sky as viewed from below. Great angle.
these are beautiful set of photos, ellen! I love the top one and the bottom one reminds me of an Arabian courtyard i saw in some movies.
Great perspective on the first shot. They are both lovely photos. Thanks for sharing.
Very pretty. I love the angle of the first one. Shooting upwards like that seems to draw in the light.
Beautiful clear blue sky.
Great photos.
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Love the colours in the1st pic! The blssoms are like spires reaching for the sky! And that church courtyard looks like a magnificent sanctuary to wander!
great pics I love flowers and that courtyard is just lovely!
Wow very pretty shots i like the first shot of flowers….SWF!
The sky makes such a lovely backdrop for foliage, doesn’t it? Mary Magdalene is one of my all-time favorite women in history. The church is beautiful.
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What beautiful blue sky shot you were able to capture. Our Creator is such a color-conscience God — giving us glimpses of His beauty through His Creation.
beautiful flowers and skies!
Super photos!
I love the plants against the sky
Hi Ellen
The first picture is a stunner… love the blooms against the blue.
Thank you also for all the visits you did at Wiggers World… I hope to start it back up soon….
Tom
I like the upper photo very much and the story and history of the other picture.
Wonderful views, Ellen! There is an art to looking up!