{"id":18652,"date":"2026-02-08T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=18652"},"modified":"2026-02-08T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:00:05","slug":"california-dreaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2026\/02\/california-dreaming\/","title":{"rendered":"California Dreaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As I have <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2025\/11\/ive-got-some-news\/\">mentioned<\/a> before, I will be teaching out in Sonoma, California next October. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/robert-mahar.com\/sonoma\/\">Well Crafted Sonoma<\/a> retreat if you haven&#8217;t already. It is going to be awesome! There are just a few spaces left. I have been thinking about California landscapes to put into tea cups. My first idea was a winery since Sonoma is known for being wine country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-1-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-2.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-2-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I attempted to make the roof look like the red tiles that seem so common in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-3-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-3.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-4.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-4-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-4-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-8-tiny-world-1-4-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve got more to show. It is fun to work with a theme!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I have mentioned before, I will be teaching out in Sonoma, California next October. Check out the Well Crafted Sonoma retreat if you haven&#8217;t already. It is going to be awesome! There are just a few spaces left. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2026\/02\/california-dreaming\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,14],"tags":[619,454,612],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18657,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18652\/revisions\/18657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}