Two Artists, Two Petras, And a Bovine
Monday, April 25, 2011 at 5:16AM We were an odd bunch. Bypassers were slowing down and doing double-takes at the scene that included an actor, a musician, a student, a photographer/engineer, and a cow. The original intent was to go hiking -- we had all the right gear and even few granola bars. But as often in life, things outside of my control intercepted and I ended up in a new place with some people I did not know a day ealier.
Peter came to my house to pick up his flute, which he forgot at the shoot the day earlier. His friends Petra and Martin were with him and ready to go for a hike. They had a large piece of a home made apple strudel, so I joined. The scene was rustic, the mountains were high, and we were too lazy to hike. We stopped at the first restaurant at the base of the hiking trail, and later it only made sense to take an after-lunch siesta next to a grazing cow on the nearby meadow.
I was fascinated by the cow and how it was eating the grass. We sat there for a good one hour and the cow would not stop eating. I wonder how much more it ate until it felt satisfied.
We were real country folks for one day. We did not use our phones, we did not Tweet, we did not Facebook, we did not Buzz. We just sat there, like in the old days before The Internets.
We even found a Tyrolean jacuzzi which Petra and Martin promptly tested out!
We had enough props to stage a Tyrolean villagers photo. This photo got almost ruined -- I almost forgot to remove my Ray-Bans.
I can't say I would want to sit on a grass next to a fresh cow poop every day, but it was a fun thing to experience and a great memory to cherish. What great memories did you recently create?
