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Fenceline Sunset, Fort Ross, California
© 2002 Jerry Dodrill

The weather forecast for my 2002 November workshop was for rain. We went out anyway, hoping for light and were hit by a torrential squall. Soaked to the bone, we went to brunch at Salt Point Lodge. Once we were fed and warmed up, we worked along the coast before heading to Fort Ross for Sunset. The storm was clearing and the light was ideal. The grasses were wet and rich and the high clouds were illuminated from below. Roy Crockett was working along this fence when I stepped beside him, took a meter reading and, like a sniper, took one shot before moving on. Luckily one did the job. The flow of grasses in the foreground is indicative of the constant winds which shape and form western Sonoma County's landscape while the fence tells the story of a passing era.