June Gloom is Done

…as of earlier this week.  Our mornings are dawning brilliantly clear.  The ocean temp’s gone up a few degrees just over the past week (I’ve been in twice, went body boarding Wednesday a.m. and splashing about (in the June gloom) last week).  The...

Susanna Hansson’s Mittens of Rovaniemi Workshop

I’m very excited to say I’m going to be attending the Mittens of Rovaniemi workshop at Suzanne’s gorgeous home in Preston, Washington.  Suzanne is one of  the organizers of the Madrona Fiber Arts conference and offers various summer workshops. ...

Haw!

The Black Water Abbey Haw was waiting for me when we got back from our whirlwind trip. Trip:  Breakfast at Joe’s in Santa Barbara, beachcombing/hiking excursion at Montana de Oro (found a cool bone, ocean bleached, probably a sea lion humerus, gave it back to...

Alpaca Farm Days

Yesterday we (Dave, me, Rosemary & Curtis) did a day trip up to Santa Ynez and the surrounding area for winetasting, a picnic, and alpacas. We tasted & picnicked at Zaca Mesa, then visited  Alpacas at West Ranch (Orsino!) and had a lovely visit. Hayley and...

Hiking, Kayaking & Orcas Moon Alpacas

The hiking trip was fun!  We hiked around Mountain Lake in Moran State Park.  We tasted rose hips (bland), wild grapes (sour) and gooseberries (delicious!) as wells as some greens.  We saw banana slugs.  Nat had baked some blackberry scones the night before for us...