Just some country boys and girls getting down on the farm

This summer, while I am working in North Carolina, I have the great privilege of staying on a farm just outside of Winston-Salem with Aengus and his family (for those who don't know Aengus is one of the amazing filmmakers I have been working with in LA--see: americanharmonythemovie.com).

When I say farm I don't just mean a house in the sticks either.  The property used to be a booming tobacco farm back in the day--until Farmer Bert paid off the land, pulled up the tobacco, and built his own airport (yeah that's right...I have an airport).  

This is the main house

This is Farmer Bert's "man cabin" in the woods

(AKA where I will stay when the main house fills up with out-of-towners)

A stone at the base of Man Cabin...

(Farmer Bert definitely knows what's up)

Man Cabin's very own watering hole

Here you can see the farmer's fly ride

(I will have to ask if he has ever gone ghost ridin with that whip)

How have I lived so long without a dinner bell in my life?

the "front yard"

(and my neighbors)

The front yard swimming hole

(great for tadpole hunting)

...sigh...

If you can't tell already, it is one of the most splendid places I have ever had the pleasure of calling home.  But by far the most amazing of its features is the Yadkin River--which runs right through the "backyard".

To give you an idea of how big the river is in this photo you can see how teeny Thomas looks on the banks (remember Thomas weighs close to 200lbs)

This is the hangout I set up for myself on day one

(I also made a side table but this picture predates

my architectural expansion)

Morning is my favorite time to be by the water

...all foggy, and with far less bugs

That's me in the stripes with my ugly stick

(that's a fishing pole for all the city slickers reading this)

and Aengus and Phineas with Thomas closer to the banks.

I hope this gives you a good idea of the surreal landscape and the deep settled peace it is capable of instilling.  I also hope that many many MANY of you have the opportunity to come visit with me.

much Love,

K.

(I will tell you more about my surrogate summer family in another post because they are far too wonderful for our radical farm to steal their thunder...but I will say I have started a band with their two-year old and I'm pretty sure we are going to make it big so keep your eyes out for the first album from Huckleberry Phineas and the Carpenter Bees)