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Did You Know?
Update on Holly...
 In my last newsletter I mentioned some holly that I had received, and went on to conjecture that holly was the source of the name Hollywood. A reader wrote to suggest that Hollywood actually derives its name from the Toyon bush (Heteromeles arbutifolia), a California native that has red berries similar to holly, and was thus known as California Holly.
American Holly is a different species all-together (Ilex opaca), native to the eastern US, and so unlikely to have been the name-source for a city in California. American holly is now widely planted as an ornamental, which is how I managed to get a piece of it.
 This panda is a good example of how useful holly is in the marquetry work I do. For this piece I used holly for the white fur, ebony for the dark fur, and a few other bits for the bamboo. Click on the image for a photo of the full set of panda panels.
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