just wanted to say big big thank you to everyone
- Jason and Louise, you were sensational with your readings and this is the least I can say about your skills... Everyone, including Maria, the owner were impressed with your abilities and we are still under this feeling of "fairy touch" and my happy smile is still on... A separate additional thank you to Jason for entertaining all the kids with his magic - I believe they all fell in love with you Jase...
- I loved our happy judges this time... I could feel the energy was different - probably the fresh air made everyone so greatly united... may be it was your magic too guys: Brett, Dawn and Julie. Very grateful for your input!
- a separate and huge thank you to Slamani family (Mounir and Alice) for assisting us in many many things that day: for connecting us to the right people (Louise is amazing and I already have enquiries about her work), for your kind assistance with the stop over and of course for Mounir's photos that we all are waiting for so eagerly as so many adventurous things happened with us during the day...
- thanking Maria and Zoran, the owners of the Waterfalls Wines farm for their bottomless slavic hospitality: full table of tasty food and cognac to warn us all up - all made by the owners with a professional touch and home love; thanking the whole family for their warmth and accepting our noisy crew in the first place of course... I also wish to thank Zoran with all my heart for the BBQ and for taking all of us over the raging river (we would all get drown without you, Zoran and you know that!) and for your patience with us during the recording time... Also thanking Maria's friends: Narelle and Blue for supporting us...
- very grateful to Yafei, Xiaoxiao, Christopher and Johnny for filming, for their passion towards our ideas and for being so tolerant to the harsh and cold weather conditions... Also thanking Johnny for his great idea he suggested about editing by mixing the episodes to make the film more interesting... Thank you John!
- my list would not be full without a little angel who made all our speakers look even more gorgeous (Brett especially - was sparkling like a good young wine :) ) and I am talking about Angela! Great work with make-up and hair Angela and immensely grateful to you too!
- how can I miss some people behind the scenes and those who made some important connections possible: Gail (for your support and help in the kitchen), Ned (for connecting us with Maria), Dom (for many good connections) and many more people...
- I also think that was the most mad and full of fun birthday party Maria had in years considering all the wishes and positive energy sent her way...
- oh yes, I almost forgot... Tosha, our puppy is saying thank you to Maria's ginger pawed part of the family for showing him around the farm and teaching him new things. After having a bath Tosha slept like a log for the next 48 hours after shooting... But now I have an issue with Tosha: he wants more "panem et circenses" aka "bread and circuses" and it's hard for him now to accept the normal suburban quiet life... - well, we have more interesting ideas that we will share with everyone very soon...
Thank you all and
With Love
Natasha :o)