So, good friend and colleague Robert Cortlandt was the first to take Hector and I up on our offer for staying with us in Colombia. 225/275 dollars (depending on the room situation) covers room and board, laundry and linens for a month. We ask for 20 hours of work per week in exchange. And we love to put talents to use. To wit:
Some great shots of 22 taking place! We got our black granite-top bar in place, and we are shooting a commercial this evening.
Robert did the photography for Sketchy Canvas (check it out here). He is great to work with, and I am grateful to be getting to know him better. He started a blog with his trip to Colombia, and puts me and my little camera to shame:
That’s a coffee farm right down the way from us. Beautiful land here, and beautiful nativity scenes all over the place. This one is at the mayor’s house, and takes up the whole room.
Click on the images to make them larger. That nativity scene is handmade. They are all over the country, in all kinds of styles.
Robert also recorded us dealing with our other visitor that arrived the day he got here… A chucha!!
Or an opossum. I caught it in the middle of the night drinking from my cat’s water bowl. And with no light on, it looked like a very big rat. Needless to say, that freaked me out. But once the light was on, I thought it was kind of cute.
So the next day (we left it in the room overnight to deal with it in the morning) we managed to get it into a trash can…
Colombians tend to talk with their pointer finger, I’ve come to notice. Hector is demonstrating for you.
We walked down the road, out into the woods to set it free. Poor thing was stressed out.
But off it went into the trees. Life in coffee country.
Check out Robert’s blog for more pics! He’s got some great ones, and is updating regularly. Gotta go, film time!!
