Encounters of the Mian kind

These are some of the characters that I have encountered in the past couple weeks.


This amazing gentleman is "Thor". He's an English Mastiff from Arroyo Grande, CA and yes, that is slober.


"Boo Wulf", left, and "Alfred Godwulfsson", right, play a game called "Fox n Geese" during Danish Days in Solvang, CA.


These people are the Neighborhood Watch founders in the Carriage District of Santa Maria, CA.


Ben Wolf, of the Kiowa tribe, came all the way out from Oklahoma to dance in the Chumash Pow-Wow held at the Los Padres National Forest, CA.


This is Taylor Sefert, a Merit Scholar Semifinalist, at Santa Maria High School.


Steven Ruebsam sits in a school bus that he has transformed into a surf lounge during the Old Days Celebration in Los Alamos, CA.


Michael-Lyn Heuring-McBride, Civil War re-enactor, spins yarn at the Los Alamos Old Days Celebration.



All images taken on Assignment for the Santa Maria Times.