“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my [...]

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. A great happiness [...]

“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.” -Rumi Photo: Lavender & Twine

Anne & Markus San Ysidro Ranch Photography: Mary Jane Photography  

A poem by Pablo Neruda. A photo by Jose Villa. Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, but do not take from me your laughter. Do not take away the rose, the lance flower that you pluck, the water that suddenly bursts forth in joy, the sudden wave of silver born [...]

No road is long with good company. -Turkish Proverb Photography: Elizabeth Messina, Kiss the Groom

Believe in love and wishes come true. Photo: Lavender & Twine Photography

Love is trembling happiness. -Khalil Gibran Photo by Jose Villa

Fiesta Footwear Photography: Vita-Bella Photography As Santa Barbara gears up for the start of Old Spanish Days tomorrow, I couldn’t resist sharing this sweet photo of a blissful bride and groom at our historic courthouse in their coordinating Santa Barbara style/western boots.  Each Friday of the week of Fiesta Santa Barbara hosts El Desfile Historico [...]

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat. – Joanne Woodward Photography: Elizabeth Messina, Kiss the Groom