i think i can say a good time was had by all

 

what a marvellous three days in Darcy's lovely studio and garden

she fed us, provided endless tea and coffee

and

even

wheat-free chocolate brownies [swoons quietly in corner]

my California experience

from being the lagniappe in the Presidio :-)

to playing on Sunset Boulevard

and now here in the complete contrast of quiet Goleta

has been magical

i have had the most wonderful time,

catching up with old friends

meeting folks i had only met in the land of the interpixies

and making some new ones

but enough of the gushing.

here are the pictures [some of the squillions]