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Saturday
Mar202010
The video!
March 20, 2010
Eleanor, I am NOT a tease. Vague, yes. Well intentioned and not following through. Sometimes.
(Pomo baskets were just a smidgen of research for the book, and Mary Ward was clickthrough clickthrough clickthrough from some more research. Of the history of the automobile.)
And like Christine said in the comments, I do think Eleanor should get an award for best commenter. Because she writes poems. Which is awesome.
Here is the video! Just some background: you'll see our kids, and also a friend of theirs, Kora, from Italy. Paola, I'd like to point out that homemade gnocchi features in this video.
Enough of that! Chinua took a one-shot one afternoon, when he was chasing the kids with the camera, and I was inspired by the many small beautiful moments in it.
Here it is:
The Chase from Rae Ford on Vimeo.
(Pomo baskets were just a smidgen of research for the book, and Mary Ward was clickthrough clickthrough clickthrough from some more research. Of the history of the automobile.)
And like Christine said in the comments, I do think Eleanor should get an award for best commenter. Because she writes poems. Which is awesome.
Here is the video! Just some background: you'll see our kids, and also a friend of theirs, Kora, from Italy. Paola, I'd like to point out that homemade gnocchi features in this video.
Enough of that! Chinua took a one-shot one afternoon, when he was chasing the kids with the camera, and I was inspired by the many small beautiful moments in it.
Here it is:
The Chase from Rae Ford on Vimeo.
Reader Comments (34)
Love it!!!! The kids were having so much fun. It certainly made me want to move to India. I love your roof-top meditation centre, it's wonderful. Thanks for sharing your place with us.
Rae, this video exhudes happiness, joy ,laughter, love. It's absolutely beautiful. Kids look priceless. You look amazing and Chinua's voice is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing it with us. I hope Eleanor will compliment it with a nice little poem. It deserves it.
Seriously amazing. I am so excited to one day visit you there. I am now a little nervous that the kids wont have as much fun here! :)
It was a really good video too, very well shot. GOOD JOB CHINUA!
Very very beautiful. This is what childhood should look like. I can't help but feel a tinge of sadness for my city children :)
Precious. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful moments.
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So worth the wait! I had a smile on my face the whole time. Beautiful.
How very lovely! I want to do a video like this at my house, tho mine would not be palm trees and charming houses.
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Thanks Rae, just too cute and beautiful.
i was smiling the whole way through as well!
so beautiful- i may have even teared up when the postal service kicked in.... such a beautiful song to capture the kids joy with.... love it! thanks for sharing!
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Not to fear, Lara! Apparently all they need is some room to run and a tinge of suspense! They'll have so much fun. You'll see.
Owlhaven Mary, I would love to see one of these done at your house!
I agree with someone above - I was smiling that whole time! What a beautiful, magical little video : )
That was lovely, and sweet. Also, I had no idea what a charming little layout you have with your houses.
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Glad you said that to Lara Rae because I was feeling a little the same way, where will they run at our place. But we'll find space for them, no fear.
I'll be playing this every day until you get here!!! It bring my family closer to me, as I've missed you so much!
Lovely...and we know they will run when you are here... Mark still has the "shamrock antenna's"! Thanks for sharing.
So much color, life, joy, togetherness (I love the woman kneading bread!), so much of what we long for our days and lives to be like. Here's to making that happen in whatever ways you can, wherever you are in the world.
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Rae and Chinua, this is beautiful!! Thank you!
Hoda is so right, that's the way childhood should look. I laughed, I sighed, I giggled, but then...something happened when Solo showed up (had he just woken up from a nap?) - I wept. I've been reading your beautiful words since before his birth, and there he is - real.
Thanks Rae and Chinua and the entire community and neighbours.
Sniff, sob, sniff, sniff...
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The soundtrack of giggling kids is one of the best sounds on our planet. My son G watched this with me, he's five, and he loved it, too.
Golly! So beautiful I almost got on a plane to come live with ya'll.
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Absolutely gorgeous. Such fun and beauty and magic all in one.
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Thank you so much for showing us a little part of your life. I LOVE this video!
I just want to kiss every single one of you...kiss kiss kiss from Leaf.
Love it. I had a smile the whole time. Isn't being a kid just grand!