Redwoods in a city of Tall Redwoods

A ring of redwoods on a relatively cool morning in the middle of an unseasonable heat wave. A solid hour of looking at golden light behind these trees, sketching with a friend. What a great way to close a work week! 

p.s. Can you spot a bird (it was a dark-eyed junco) and a squirrel in my sketch? 

p. p. s. El Palo Alto simply means “the tall tree” in Spanish. The name is believed to originate with the 1769 expedition of Gaspar de Portola (1716-1786), later governor of the Spanish territories in California.