Winter Work Woes

Following a beautiful long hot summer of swimming in the warm lake, intermittent work and balmy 30-degree temps, we now crash into winter… with all its horror: Freezing wind; Snow chains; Ice; Mud; Rain; Producers asking & asking what the forecast will be for the next 5 days (hoping the more they ask the better the forecast will be).

But, any work in May is better than no work in May. So happily I stand in ankle-deep mud, with snow on the set, and pools of water in the marquee, reporting from the expensive trenches (it is Queenstown after all).

We wonder what our winter will bring with no MI6 or Winter Olympics to buffer the sporadic TVCs that may require snow in the background. Such is the uncertainty of our livelihood.

I shall not complain as I live in NZ, the paradise of the world as I am reminded by the Chinese Art Assistant who takes a picture of the stars at the end of our day because he does not see them in China.

Happy to be entering another season in Paradise, as long as my feet stay warm!