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Vandalia, IL

Sunday was a nice relaxed pace.  Julian and Clark are again on their A game.  The temperature is supposed to reach the mid 50’s, but we get there earlyish, and there’s still plenty of snow on the ground.  Karen and Maria get the tent set up and ready.  They sort props, wardrobe etc.  and then a goodly amount of time is spent trying to get a smallish fire going.   It just needs to smolder.

Things pretty much go exactly as planned, and when as we spend the day filming, Maria gets the chance to do one of her amazing “COPS” style action shots, chasing Clark through the snow, in platform boots no less… it really is the most amazing thing you’ll see.

At 4’11” every pair of shoes she has are platforms, just enough to inch her up to a mighty 5’2″.  I wonder how well she’d do in plain old tennis shoes.

As we shoot through the day, the snow gets stomped down, and we have to carefully move the tent just a little bit, so the melted areas don’t show up on film.  By mid day, the spots where Kelly, Mike and I are standing have turned into a swamp.  but we manage to frame everything just so.  And we get some amazing shots.

By my figuring, we have one day of shooting left with the Fall cast, one day of shots with extras, two or three more days with Clark and Julian, and some shots for the intro.  And that’s it.  We’re finished.

By 3:30 we’re done.  And I’m relieved.  And I’m worried.

We’ve got plenty to shoot that doesn’t require snow, but at the end of the day, we need one more good snow.  It’s February 17th.  Winter is far from over, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t gnawing at the back of my brain.  It’s supposed to be in the 50’s and 60’s for a while.

Just one more good snow.  That’s all I need…