Finishing up this month’s Behind the Scenes video for my Patrons and some spoilers.
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Choclate never ages… thought I’d reshare this post from a few years ago.
Regular readers will know I love chocolate. Dark chocolate specifically. So when the Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum organised a display revolving around the history of chocolate, I was in! And so was my editor, Sharon.
Time for a road trip!
The heritage museum is housed in the building and grounds of the old Highercombe Hotel, built in 1853-4. It has hosted council meetings, dances and public meetings and served as a school from 1875-1934, with the front half of the building becoming the post office in 1879. (More information is on their webpage.)
Each room was set up with facts, history and information on chocolate…
original packaging and posters…
and some famous chocolate quotes.
Volunteers had been busy making visual chocolate treats, scattered throughout the house.
Some real…
… like this top hat decorated with chocolate trim and Cocoa Chanel with her chocolate-inspired accessories. Chocolate even replaced the corks on this hat.
Some, like these delicious-looking felt treats, were not so real.
Finally we climbed back down stairs for some morning tea and homemade chocolatey treats.
Thanks to the volunteers at the Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum for a lovely (and educational) morning.
Photos ©2017 Karen Carlisle. All rights reserved.
Ed: I originally discovered the Highercombe Hotel and Steventon (now Tea Tree Gully) post office during my research for my short story, Hunted.
I do a short review of a tea sent to me by fellow Tea Scout, Barbara Cluck. Tea choice: Dépret Superbe, from Tea Punk Teas. teapunkteas.com
Those pesky flying monkeys have finally been wrangled and are winging their way to subscriber inboxes.
I got a message last week, from the organiser of last month’s FB event, Booklove Tuesday.
Out of the blue. A pleasant surprise.
The event organiser had been contacted by Barbie from Living Arts Canberra, a website with podcasts and LACE radio station. They offer ‘a voice for artists, arts organisations and community goodwill organisations.’ She’d read Aunt Enid, loved it, and wanted to know if I was interested in being interviewed for their website.
Hell, yes!
So, I received a Skype call on Friday. Barbie was friendly and relaxing to talk to. (Thank you, Barbie!). We chatted about ‘longer-lived’ female characters, fantasy writing and magic systems, (save the) bees, science and fantasy, and garden gnomes.
The podcast interview is accompanied by a book review of Aunt Enid. You can listen to the podcast and read the reveiw on the Reading List page on the Living Arts Canberra website, and listen to the interview on the LACE radio station.
