Recent favourite reads include; what I call the Paris Metro specials. Petite booklets divinely sized to sit comfortably in one’s hands. I thought they were French humoured, quirky and intriguing but a little dark, in content. These were including; Un Secret by Philippe Grimbert and The Murdered House by Pierre Magnan.
My recent lighter reads include the novels by Tracey Chevalier.
My recent favourite book, to date, is The Children’s Book by A. S. Byatt. The cover depicts a most exquisite take on an Art Nouveau brooch.
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Strathmore Lodge
About Me
- Andrée
- Owner of a small conference facility and B&B, small farm and kiwifruit orchard, celebrant, travel writer, ex teacher and education adviser, lover of fine food, cooking, gardening and wine, travel and passionate about being a Kiwi.
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About 'Flying Shack'
The 'Flying Shack' is the old tin shed in the kiwifruit orchard that occasionally gets visited by an elderly Swiss man to make grappa and schnapps out of the surplus fruit and grape skins we grow on the property. The fumes of the distillation are dangerous. So is the flame. Henri's quality control method is to fling a tiny bit of the spirit into the flame and see if it flares up. A friend had too much of the fumes one day and in his altered state of consciousness said, "I can fly". So the Flying Shack schnapps brand was born. The door of the shed has 'Spirit of Henri' engraved in it.
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