Our little girl is all grown up….
Ok, so Mark and I don’t have a little girl, but today it felt like we did. We’re down in Santa Cruz visiting Sam and Miranda for a long weekend (and er….work). Tomorrow morning Miranda starts her 6 month Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture at UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (http://casfs.ucsc.edu/training/index.html). Five days a week Miranda will be knee and elbow deep in dirt, plants and all things horticulture. Miranda only lives about 15 minutes away, but most people live on the campus in tents for the six months.
Today was “moving in” day….setting up tents, getting to know each other, etc. Sam, Mark and I took Miranda to school, helped her set up her tent (for the nights she’s too exhausted to drag herself home), and waved goodbye as she joined the other “kids”. It was sad to see our little girl leaving us 
Assuming she’s not too tired at the end of the day Miranda will be writing about her experience there…if you’re interested you can read more at http://miranda.ujeni.net/blog/
Sam and Mark in front of Tent #29 (aka Miranda Robert’s Home)
