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ExFlorations = July '18

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Imaging - Religious Architecture

With the tragic wild fires raging in No.Cal. in the news all this week, I was reminded of my road trip to Santa Rosa in April, 2016. Among the highlights of that adventure were visits to Montecito, Petaluma, Bodega Bay, and Fort Ross which is far north along the coast of Sonoma County.

The original Holy Trinity Chapel at Fort Ross was constructed in the mid-1820s and represents a vestige of Russian Orthodox expansion into North America.  That first structure was ruined by the great earthquake of 1906, and was rebuilt about 10 years later. The historic chapel was again totally destroyed in 1970, this time by fire, and the plain wooden building that I visited hasn't changed much since it was reconstructed in 1973. Religious services were reinstated in 1925, and are still held a few times every year.

About 20 acres have been scorched within park boundaries during this  horrific season of fire. While none of their facilities have been damaged, the Fort Ross Conservancy has had to cancel some of its current events.

Exflorations - Purple Flower Posterized

Scene from a K-Town Balcony @ 20170322_190542