COMMENT 292006P
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2012-06-27 01:24 PM |
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WOW -- you are one talented photographer. La Purisima is my favorite of all the missions. It is going to be hard to pick one photo for Picture of the Day.
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COMMENT 292017
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2012-06-27 01:45 PM |
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These are beautiful and very tranquil photos. I like to download the great photos posted here on edhat and change out my computer desktop every few days with them. That way I still view them even after I've deleted the original posting. Thanks for sharing!
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COMMENT 292021
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2012-06-27 01:48 PM |
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Those are beautiful. My husband tells me the place is haunted.
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JOHN WILEY
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2012-06-27 02:03 PM |
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Love them. Thanx :)
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COMMENT 292036
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2012-06-27 02:05 PM |
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WOW these are gorgeous! I always look forward to your beautiful pictures but I believe you have outdone yourself here! Lovely. 017: I do the same thing!
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EMI PHOTO
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2012-06-27 03:33 PM |
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Great work, Aqua!
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COMMENT 292109P
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2012-06-27 04:15 PM |
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Definitely haunted. The Ghost Adventures show did an episode there, it was pretty interesting http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/ghost-adventures/episodes/la-purisima-mission
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COMMENT 292134
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2012-06-27 05:09 PM |
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Haunted?...you bet your sweet bippy!..Santa Barbara has it`s own "Ghost tour" & it also covers our Mission,which is as haunted as them all.
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TWO ABBYS
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2012-06-27 07:23 PM |
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so lovely, thank you!
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COMMENT 292209
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2012-06-27 07:46 PM |
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love the bathing bird---precious.
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COMMENT 292216
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2012-06-27 08:28 PM |
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Looks like you guys had a blast. Thanks for sharing.
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RDH
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2012-06-28 08:46 AM |
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Very nice images that convey the ambiance of the Mission and its surroundings. Thank you.
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COMMENT 292327
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2012-06-28 09:19 AM |
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I agree that you've outdone yourself with these prize winning photographs. We are blessed that you share your work with us. Thank you.
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OLDLAWOMAN
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2012-06-28 11:28 AM |
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Oh my word! Each and every one of these shots are simply exquisite. Thank you for taking them, and going out of your way to share. One day, your pics will end up in Life Magazine, if they aren't already.
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OLDLAWOMAN
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2012-06-28 11:29 AM |
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Oops, I meant National Geographic, or maybe both!
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COMMENT 292424
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2012-06-28 02:43 PM |
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I agree that the California Missions are beautiful and tranquil places. Sadly this picture is at odds with the truth of their construction. The Spanish Jesuits led by Fr. Junipero Serra used Chumash Indian Slave labor to build missions from San Buenaventura up to San Luis Obispo. They dispossessed these peaceable people of their ancestral lands, granting them to privileged Spaniards and Mexicans, then threw the Chumash into slavery for those occupying Chumash land. Of an estimated 300,000 Chumash estimated to have been the native population from Malibu to Morro Bay in 1500, only about 3,000 Chumash are alive today. This is one of the less-mentioned legacies of the Spanish occupation of California in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-06-28 09:04 PM |
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Calif Missions: first monuments to slavery in California.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-06-28 09:10 PM |
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Forgive me, Aqua, got carried away. Did not mean to detract form the artistry and skill evident in your posts--each batch of photos more awesome than the last. I love the details and emotions your photos capture.
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AQUAHOLIC
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2012-06-29 07:31 AM |
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424 & SEEDLADY.... I agree with both of you, and despite how much fun and joy I get from visiting and photographing these beautiful Missions, I always have a sense of the sadness, sacrifice & pain that went into creating them. This Mission in particular has the footprint of what was the housing for a few "special' Indian laborers...they look more like jail cells if you ask me.
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COMMENT 292134
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2012-06-29 02:14 PM |
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The count was more around 30 to 50,000 Chumash Natives prior to European contact...but the responders are fairly correct about the rest of the comments..but one fact is missing..the Missions,all 21, were notorius child sex-slave quarters. Chumash children as young as 4 & 5,but not older than 15..were routinely gang-raped to death. I remember one letter written to King Carlos III, describing the gang-rape of a child who was tied to a fence,in view of everyone..raped for 3 days & then ran through with a sword. Wonder why we don`t participate in "Old Spanish days"??...I pray for the healing of this place & it`s peoples.....a Chumash.
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