Ojai CA

Casitas Ridge fire road and the Los Padres mountains - after 4 miles you can see the Channel Islands

our friends in Ojai, Peter.....

and Joan.

and their friend Adriana, who was just beginning a 5-day "cleanse"

there's a lot of that out here

                                

Peter and Joan keep chickens...

who wait on the porch for lunch and the dogs to come out to play

they sleep in the sun in piles 

good layers, too 

Piedras Blancas, Rose Valley, Los Padres National Forest

petrograffiti

Sue thinking about seafood salad

weird selfie with Joan

the whole of Ojai Valley smells of orange blossom

orange trees have ripe fruit and flowers at the same time

       

the pepper trees are everywhere, too, and are terrific 

the prickly pears are having babies

the mountains that circle the valley peak around 8000'                               

"your shadow in evening rising to meet you"
 t s eliot

martinis and sunset at the Santa Barbara Biltmore