rugged ojai landscape

one last photo from my trip to ojai, california.  i hope you enjoyed following along with me.  i'll be back to posting pasadena photos tomorrow!

the farmer and the cook

after spending our first day in ojai in the fields helping out at the organic farm, we headed in to town to sample some of the fruits of our labor at the farmer and the cook - an incredible vegetarian restaurant that is the culinary arm of the organic farm.  the photo above shows my pizza, and if it doesn't look tasty enough in print, let me assure you that it was an incredible thing to eat.

organic farm in ojai

yesterday i mentioned that our trip to ojai included working on an organic farm.  these photos are from that experience - the above photo showcasing some of their beautiful beans that they produce, the bottom showing their incredibly diverse garden space and a group photo.

ojai day

i spent this past weekend was in ojai, california with a group of students and staff from occidental college.  i'm in the middle of an internship with oxy's office for religious and spiritual life.  our weekend included a visit to an organic farm and camping up in the mountains.  if you don't mind, i'm going to take a few days to escape pasadena to share a few photos from our trip to ojai.

we were fortunate to be in town during ojai day - a street fair celebration of the town and area.  the above photo is of the hand-painted mandala - something that gets re-created every year.