SBMM Kardboard Kayak Races 7-6-2019

July 6

Will it Float?

It is time again to start designing for this year's fun in the sun event

SBMM’s Annual Kardboard Kayak Races

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited about hosting the 17th annual Kardboard Kayak Race Team Challenge, in conjunction with Semana Nautica.

SBMM’s Kardboard Kayak Races challenge families and teams to participate in a battle of wits, creativity, design, and courage! Teams of up to four people each receive two sheets of cardboard, one roll of duct tape, a permanent marker, a utility knife, a yardstick, and just one hour to construct a functioning kayak out of ONLY those materials. Each of the assigned team paddlers will then be ready to race–and to find out whose design can hold up to the water and the pressure of being paddled out to a buoy and back. The Kardboard Kayak Races are divided into separate heats to ensure fair competition: Family Fun (paddler must be 14 years old or younger) and Paddling Pros (paddler is a “skilled” competitor). Let the races and fun begin!

WHEN: Saturday, July 6, 2019
Registration: 12:00pm
Building: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Racing begins: 2:00pm

WHERE: West Beach (near the harbor), Santa Barbara

FEE: $30 SBMM Member (per team)  •  $40 Non-Members (per team)

REGISTER: here or call (805) 456-8747

Sponsored by Condor ExpressSupported by Sambo’s Restaurant and Nothing Bundt Cakes, the Santa Barbara Sailing enter, Channel Islands Outfitters, and the United States Coast Guard

For Details & Reservations

(all information including photo from the SBMM Website and Newsletter)

Summer Solstice Santa Barbara, June 21-23

Summer Solstice 

Announcing the theme for the 2019 Solstice Parade:

WONDER!

Summer Solstice Parade began in 1974 as a birthday celebration for popular artist and mime Michael Gonzales. In subsequent years, the parade joined forces with a Summer Solstice Music Festival, sponsored by The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, staged at the Sunken Gardens to celebrate the longest day of year.    

The Parade and Festival is the largest arts event in Santa Barbara County, drawing crowds of more than 100,000 spectators from around the world.  

 

Dates: Friday through Sunday, June 21-23
Times: Friday, 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm (Festival Opening Night)   

      Saturday, step off at Noon (45th Annual Solstice Parade)

              Saturday, Noon to 8:00 pm (Solstice Festival) 

              Sunday, Noon to 6:00 pm (Solstice Festival)

Locations: Solstice Parade starts on State at Cota, to Alameda Park

                   Solstice Festival takes place at Alameda Park 

Solstice Festival music performances includes appearances by Paradise Kings,  

David Segall Band, La Boheme Professional Dance Company, Area 51,  

Derinkuyu and much more! 

For complete Main State Line Up, click here. 

Click here for more Summer Solstice info

(all info from the Downtown Organization Newsletter) 

Fiesta Rancheras June 20th

Fiesta Ranchera at Rancho La Patera

June 20th, 5-10 pm

Event Date: 

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 17:00

Thursday, June 20, 2019
5:00pm - 10:00pm

Rancho La Patera & Stow House
304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA 93117

Buy Tickets Here

Celebrate Fiesta in Goleta with Old Spanish Days and the Goleta Valley Historical Society at Fiesta Ranchera!

Enjoy delicious appetizers and desserts as you stroll the gardens to taste local wines, craft beers and signature cocktails. Enjoy performances by the 2019 Spirit of Fiesta, Junior Spirit, along with musical entertainment that concludes with dancing under the stars to local cover band Area 51.

Presented by Community West Bank and Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf

Attendees must be 21 or over with valid, photo identification. No exceptions.

Dress in Fiesta or Ranch attire. Hope to see you there! 

The Goleta Valley Historical Society is celebrating 52 years of preservation of Rancho La Patera.  The mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and foster collect, preserve, interpret, and foster research of Goleta Valley's history through exhibits, programs, and stewardship of the historic Rancho La Patera, home to the Stow family. Funds raised support preservation of the ranch and the Society's many community and education programs. For more information visit goletahistory.org.

Visit the Ellwood Butterfly Preserve

Visit the Grove

Monarch butterflies migrate to Goleta each November through February and this amazing sight is best viewed at the Goleta Butterfly Grove. The site is open sunrise to sunset with no admission fee, but the City of Goleta does accept donations to support the Monarch Butterfly Docent Program.  The grove is adjacent to the Sperling Preserve on the Ellwood Mesa. The Ellwood Mesa open space includes 137 acres of natural terrain with designated trails and beach access. There is a portable restroom located at the parking lot.

We recommend wearing sturdy shoes and bring binoculars to maximize your visit.  Please do not visit the grove when it is raining or while the ground is muddy from a recent storm.  Natural trails and rough terrain make it difficult to access by wheelchair.

Directions and Parking

Free parking for the Goleta Butterfly Grove (and the Ellwood Mesa) is available in the lot at the Ellwood Mesa Open Space on Hollister Avenue. This is across from Ellwood Elementary School (7686 Hollister Avenue).  Parking lot GPS coordinates: 34.429018, -119.897017.  The grove is a little over a half mile from the parking lot and butterfly trail markers highlight the path.  Click here for a printable map.

TRANSPORTATION

By car: Exit Highway 101 at Hollister Avenue and turn toward the ocean. Turn left onto Hollister Avenue. After .6 miles, turn right at the stoplight for Ellwood School.

By bus: Line 25 has a stop  at Viajero on Hollister Avenue which is near to the parking lot.  Learn more here: MTD website.

Docent Program

The City of Goleta’s Monarch Butterfly Docent Program provides public education opportunities for Goleta Butterfly Grove visitors during the over wintering season. These dedicated volunteer docents facilitate an enhanced visitor experience by providing information about butterfly biology to area visitors, local residents and school groups.

Docents can be found at the Goleta Butterfly Grove from mid-November through mid-February on Saturdays and Sundays (weather permitting) between 11 am and 2 pm.

The Goleta Butterfly Grove is a wonderful place. To ensure the safety of the monarchs and enjoyment of the public, we ask that visitors please observe the following rules:

Always stay on designated trails and roads.

Stay out of the roped-off areas.

Watch your step when entering and exiting the grove, and avoid monarchs which may be “puddling” in the surrounding areas.

Do not touch or harass the butterflies.

Avoid making loud noises.

Keep dogs on a leash.

No bicycles, horses or motorized vehicles in the grove.

Please take your trash out of the grove.

Thank you for your cooperation!

(photo by Robert Bernstein)

photo from Holly Hern, The Beautiful Monarch FB

(as a side note), I grow milkweed in my garden to encourage Monarchs to lay eggs.  Milkweed feeds the caterpillars which of course become beautiful Monarch Butterflies.  There is a concern that these butterflies are a threatened species.

photo by Carla Reeves

I Madonnari Street Painting Festival 5-25, 26, 27

I Madonnari

Italian Street Painting Festival

in front of 

Mission Santa Barbara

All proceeds to Benefit the Children's Creative Project, a non-profit arts education program of the County Education Office.  The Project provides resident artist workshop and performance for 50,000 children in 90 schools.

Street painting by 200 local artists and children will transform the Old Mission Plaza. Using chalk on pavement is an Italian tradition since the 16th century. The international competition is held each year in Grazie di Curtatone, Italy.  Join our celebration and enjoy live music, an Italian market of fine foods, and Mission tours.

for more information call 805964-4710 x4411, or click this link

May 25 through September

BUTTERFLIES ALIVE IS BACK 

AT THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY!

(photo by Holly Hern)

The following information is copied from the SB Museum of Natural History Newsletter. I nurture and grow Milkweed for Monarch Butterflies myself in my outdoor garden and belong to an international FB Group for the education of raising and protecting Monarchs. So I love to share this annual program conducted at the SBNH Museum

Things are really ramping up here at the Museum. We just received hundreds of chrysalides and a few butterflies have already emerged! 

We're also busy getting ready for our summer exhibit, Prehistoric Forest, which will bring seven animatronic dinosaurs to our wooded area across the creek. Become a Member and visit these spectacular exhibits for free.

Both summer exhibits Butterflies Alive! and Prehistoric Forest open on Saturday, May 25and are included in Museum admission. 

Here are some photos of the Monarch caterpillars (cats) that visit my garden:

 photos by Carla Reeves

for more information about "Butterflies Alive" at the SB Museum of Natural History, click this link

Come visit my little garden in Paradise

Santa Barbara's Climate is Semi-Tropical

with many micro-climates

My current garden is small and manageable by me.

My last garden was an acre and needed help from professionals.

I love, love, love gardening!

It must be my Dutch heritage.

Here are some photos of my garden....

Cecil Bruner Climbing Rose

heavenly scent

Birdbath with air-plants

Tripple air-plants from a Seller's garden

Epiphyllums starting to bloom

These are also orphans from a Seller's garden

I have eight plants in several colors

succulents, so easy to grow and exchange with other gardeners

Milk-weed is so easy to grow and propagate

attracts bees and Monarchs

Milkweed for my Monarch Caterpillars

easy to grow from seeds

here's a big cat ready to begin his transformation

heavenly scented night blooming Jasmin

Angel Trumpet - gift cutting from a Seller's garden

my Mom's 50-year-old cymbidium

Epidendrum - also a cutting from a Seller

so easy to propagate 

I have in 5 colors

Banksia Climbing Rose

Jade plant needs to be cut back regularly

Elephant Ear gift from my Seller at the close.

It was 1/3 of a large one he had in a tree.

Thanks for visiting my garden.  As Realtor I visit many gardens and as you can see my clients have often shared their plants and flowers with me. Four years ago when we moved here

there was nothing growing in this little plot.  My wonderful husband helped me create this bit of paradise as his legacy to me.  Whenever I dig in the dirt or look at my beautiful garden I think of him.