Episode #8: Making Eau de Vie and 40,000 skulls and bones at cemetery Saint Hilaire

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My first try of making eau de vie from the Quetsch prunes. In december we will be able to taste it. The corn is harvested in a great thunderstorm and the view from the cabin restored. Drawing lessons and an unforgettable visit to one of the oldest cemeteries in France: Saint Hilaire with 40,000 skulls and bones in its ossuary.
Some quotes from the video:
The better you look at the landscape, the better you draw, and the more you draw, the more you see when you look closely.
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My first and only visit to Sainte Hilaire 20 years ago left a lasting impression. Its ossuary, with the bones of more than 40,000 dead, is an image not easily forgotten. So, hold on...
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When I think about it, I wonder how Karl May was ablesiting America.
For once I feel like an Indian from one of his adventure novels I read when I was young.
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Camera, soundrecording: Menno Heling
Editing: Menno Heling, Sascha Stouthamer
Sound design and colorgrading: Sascha Stouthamer
Music in this video: RUclips music library
Music selection: Menno Heling
Chapters
00:02 Reel with summary
00:43 Opening monologue: Drawing lesson from @Miriam.Hommes
02:55 Beautiful clouds and sunset
03:53 Making eau de vie of Quetsch
05:43 Harvesting the corn and restoring the view from the cabin
09:00 Spooky clouds
09:29 Cutting the gras with a scythe
10:09 Walking up to the cemetery of Saint Hilaire, Marville
11:27 Lunch on the way
12:49 Installation 'Nature Vivante' by Nathalie Maufroy at the Gaume Museum, Virton
14:50 Return the next day for cemetery Saint Hilaire with nicer weather.
16:32 40,000 skeletons in the ossuary at Saint Hilaire
17:45 Amazing pietà from the 15th century
20:26 Walking a bridge further

[@TerryStevens-yu7iv]

Fascinating tour of the cemetery. France has a rich heritage. Thank you to share your activities and perspective with us.

[@00amsterdam00]

Thanks for sharing! It's a bit of a contrast to watch this episode from a hotel in buzzling Jakarta...