the usual

dyeing cloth

stacking stones

revering rust

a good day

 

tomorrow i'm heading north

like this little chap

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]

 

wandering on

we packed a lot into today

so much so that

 looking back it's become a bit of a blur

detail of a dyed page

comparing results

the magic of onionshells

an exquisite workspace

later

down by the ocean

i found a small rockpool

with an oilslick koru

the sands here are spotted with natural tar

you can smell it in the air

and later still, in my inbox

a message from Rowland Ricketts

about a beautiful indigo project

in Japan

the wayfarers begin their wanderbook [in Goleta]

we are here in a private garden

and delightful studio

in Goleta, California

happily stitching on and boiling up

paper

 

everything we need is here

 windfallen on the pavements

drifting from the trees

unfolding from the pockets of the participants

los angeles to goleta by train