Patricia Miller's Blog – November 2011 Archive (1)

My day began at the Bartleson Ranch in Arroyo Grande. My brother manages this ranch where they grow lemons and avocados; I shot the photo of a hawk riding updrafts over the avocado trees there.

My number one reason for being on California's central coast, though, was to support my brother at the launch of a business has nurtured to fruition for a decade; Casta Negra…