I have arrived here in Santa Cruz, California, to do an R&F Teaching workshop with Laura Moriarty. Angela Noble is here with me. We are staying with the wonderful Daniella Woolf and Kim Tyler, and yesterday they took us out to show us around Santa Cruz, and to visit the redwood forest.
The workshop is at Wax Works West.
the oldest of the trees here are more than 1500 years of age. Interspersed amongst the redwood trees are bay trees, with leaves that smell like Christmas cake and pine. The air is beautiful.
A fallen bridge.
BOX OF BIRDS 
Thanks, Kathy. Just hoping I get over the jet lag quickly. I get a bad case of the fades in the afternoon.
looks fabulous, really looking forward to your posts and seeing all the exciting new projects you will involved in over the next few weeks ( not half envious!)