Fresh-faced, wearing a breezy cotton gown and her hair slicked again, Tracee Ellis Ross is nestled in a chair in a non-public villa at Sensei Porcupine Creek, in Rancho Mirage, California. Stretched behind her, seen via a wall of home windows, are the Santa Rosa mountains. Ross selected Sensei Porcupine Creek as the site of her Travel + Leisure cowl shoot and spent the morning posing across the property — in a sun-filled villa bedroom, on the ivy-covered veranda of the Sensei by Nobu restaurant. The vibe during the shoot was upbeat and enjoyable, because of Ross’s energy and selection …