Off to College; Big Sur Nude, other news

Greetings! We have returned from San Diego with full hearts! We dropped our son off at San Diego State University and he started class on Aug. 31st. People are wondering how we are going to be affected by "the empty nest syndrome" but we seem to doing okay. One reason is that we have been working towards this event for so many years! I have actually completed a major goal of mine. Getting our son to college. I would say last year was a major learning curve for me, but I did it. I listen for the phone to ring looking at the caller id and hope it's him. I will be listening for his truck to drive up the driveway but it's already here! I am so proud of his accomplishments and am looking forward to watching him progress on his journey. Two weekends ago we held the "Big Sur Nude Workshop" with Michelle Magdalena. The opening night was held at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur CA. We had a fabulous dinner prepared by Michelle and her family. After the meal we gathered around and watched a slide presentation. We hope to return soon to hang out with Magnus Toren director of the library. He is a charming and warm host. We photographed for 2 consecutive days, one at Wildcat Hill and the other in a private canyon that leads to the ocean. Beautiful location. Photographer Will Giles gave a talk and shared his ideas and photography with the group after a fireside dinner at our house. Michelle invited "The Gallery Girls" from LA to model for us. They were great. Thanks Michelle and thanks to the "Girls". We had a great group of photographers - thanks for joining us! Kim photographing a nude she behind the ferns - got some great images, coming soon! Kodiak Greenwood joined us for the weekend Bixby Bridge Big Sur CA Will Giles sharing his photography Will with 2 of the Gallery Girls, Larva and Sara Will gave a talk about his ideas on photography Famous Spaghetti dinner at Wildcat Hill Kim with Katherine & Cody Edison at The Henry Miller Library Wildcat Studio Nude II Workshop is scheduled for Labor Day Weekend! I am starting to work on Kim's presentation for the Monterey Museum of Art next Wed. Sept.9th at 10:30am at La Mirada Monterey CA We are patiently waiting for our painted photograph book to come back in the mail. We hope the colors look good. Its hot today and its time to close, seem like You Tube doesn't like the format of my video so i will have to work on it tomorrow if it doesn't upload.