FARM

So. Its been a while again. But I assure you I have been busy. I just got back from a Czech farm in fact. It was absolutely wonderful. Kristy and I worked on Julie and Caitlin's set so they would work on ours and started to chat with their actor, a guy named David. He started to tell us about this farm that he helps out on every so often. His friend owns it and hired an American kid to restore it and he would go up there and help out and ride his bike around the country side and just get a vacation in general. Eventually he found out that I was from Colorado and that Kristy was from Maine and called up Evan, the American kid who was hired to fix up the place, because he was from Colorado and had just worked for the Main Trail Conservation Crew (which was Kristy's summer job last summer.) So after those coincidences David announced that he was thinking of heading to the farm from Thursday until Saturday which also happened to be when Kristy and I had time off from our school obligations (not to mention we had been discussing going somewhere during that time) and invited us along. We met up with Evan, David and Evan's visiting friend Jeff Thursday afternoon and all piled into a little car to drive up to the farm which was near the German border in a town called Lobendava. The farm was funky and old in parts but they had done a wonderful job fixing up a chunk of it which we were living in. The fixed up part included a wonderfully country kitchen that we used to make many delicious things, including two pies: mango and apple strawberry. The first day we got there we went on a bike ride into Germany (about five minutes away on a lovely little tree lined country dirt road) and sat in a gorgeous field while it turned to dusk. We laughed and marveled until a small bug flew into my eye and caused it to turn red and a little puffy. We rode our bikes back and found a big bowl of pasta that David had made with a fresh basil pesto sauce. After eating we all piled back into the car and drove over to another farm where there was a screening of some films in Czech. The farmer had couches arranged on the grass along with a coffee tabled that housed snacks and candles. We bundled up in blankets and got comfortable for the double feature which was projected onto a sheet hanging in the entry way of the barn (he opens the doors and puts the screen there.) The first film was by a South Korean director and shot almost entirely in one location, the second was by Czech director Jan Nemec. We all fell asleep during the second film and got up after it was over dew covered and ready for bed. The next morning Kristy and I gardened (pulling up weeds and putting down mulch) while the guys moved wood and cut down grass and such. After lunch we drove to the quarry and swam in cool, refreshing water. The pool was tree lined and beautiful and after getting our fill we drove back to the farm. We then went on a grocery run and got veggies to grill and flour for the pies. On our way back the car started to overheat and we ended up coasting down a hill and pushing the car back into a safe spot. Evan had tried to put water in which resulted in a mini geyser of sorts. We walked the remaining 1KM back to the farm and the guys got the car and fixed it while we baked pies. We grilled outside with coals from our campfire and had many delicious things. Great eggplant, onion, tofu, peppers and potatoes. It was all ridiculously delicious. We finished it up with pie and went to bed. The next day we weeded for a bit and observed snails before showering and having lunch. Then we put out a blanket and sat outside drawing and reading until it was time for a watermelon snack. Then we got back into the car and drove back to Prague. It was amazing and wonderful. Good company, a great host, fun activities and it was beautiful and just funky enough to be cool. Just before we left I found the coolest sewing kit from the 40s or 50s. It was wonderful. I'm hoping for some great diana mini photos. I think it will be my favorite part of this trip. In other news, we shot our film and will be editing it tomorrow, here are some scenes from the "set."
We tied cream paper cranes to tree branches with grass and shot through rose tinted sunglass lenses (inspired by my rose tinted sunglasses.)

Our Czech film producer Tomas is in the back, Me and Kristy on the left and our "crew" Jule and Caitlin on the right with the baby slate. Keighley and I have decided to start a blog inspired by Kristin's recent endeavor, the wear-a-thon on Bright Young Things. We are each going to post what we are wearing that day, all we have to do is name it. As of right now we have the titles: drawn that way

carousel stitches

to interpret your looks

do i run rare

don't turn my picture