Strawberry Fields Forever and the Salvation Army
John Lennon wrote a song called ‘Strawberry Fields Forever.’ I can play the tune in my mind as I sit here in my garden and write. The song was inspired from his childhood memories of playing in a garden of the Salvation Army house called ‘Strawberry Field’.
Chocolates playing in the strawberry fields….
This story is written in consideration of Australian culture past and present. The Chocolate Fascinator was created with colours capturing the essence of our homeland.
November 1, 2011
Melbourne Cup features a day of fashion, champagne, races, bets as a nation stops. This year, at the
Sydney Hilton Hotel for the second time, I enjoyed the day with the Kytherian Association of Australia, family and friends. Behind the scenes are women that work hard to promote our triumph gathering of where monies are raised and donated to charity causes in our country, Australia.
The celebration is a happy event. In admiration of our Australian famous horse race I researched the history of the Melbourne Cup and Banjo Paterson. Fascinating as his history proves with horses being prize winning, I felt it very deserving of acknowledging their major role played in developing Australia’s rural and outback in our ancestry. Their endurance, agility, alertness and instinct to bond us as a country.
Listening to my friends with young children, I often hear of how homework and school projects take up a lot of time for parents after a hard day of working. Time poor today, I can relate the chronicle to what it must have been like for our own predecessors to work the land in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s with horses as their backbone.
I came across some great links on the history for school teachers, parents and children in reference to the history of the cup and women.
About this project | Fashion at the cup | Social Culture | Women and the Cup | History of fashion
The Sunburnt Country
Fardoulis Chocolates- Chocolate Fascinator
The Kytherian Association Melbourne Cup Day 2011 Video
Sweet nostalgic reflections on life.
Chocolate dice filled with Strawberries, Honey and Macadamias.
A die (plural dice, from Old French dé, from Latin datum “something which is given or played.
The creations of the three pictures eventuated after my usual brainstorming with the very talented Ayca. What started out as experimenting in creating 3D visual images, I said to Ayca, “ some chocolate dice would be fun”. A great angle for marketing our products.
Look what I found when spring cleaning my computer files the other day. It brings back the warm fuzzy feeling that we can meet and stay in touch with the special people in our lives. The positive side of social media is real and has made distance tangible. A good vintage is always a constant happy hour as a gift from telecommunications.
Social media with chocolate..! For a friend..!
A CHILD’S VIEW
One of my enjoyments is playing Hangman with the Willy Wonka Juniors. Georgina and Emanuel Fardoulis, on an Apple IPad.
It is an application game downloaded from iTunes. One player adds a word to begin. The second player has a number of chances to guess the word. The laughter and joy of playing this game is gratifying, engaging fun, learning to spell with a child. The most challenging element I find, the shorter vowel words, the more difficult it is to win. There are many words that sound and are spelled alike, however, have a different meaning.
Georgina has quickly learnt to outsmart me when playing with words. She listens before she acts. Calculating her next pounce like a kitten, amusing with her awareness. Emanuel uses his gift of rambling in public relations. He is a people’s person, gifted in communicating, his sharing nature is of no surprise. Always giving me clues to assist me win the game..! Whispering in my ear!
Georgina is laughing in the background as she watches my wrong choice in a letter of the alphabet. Giggling with happiness as she hears the sound of a bell ring ‘game over’, she jumps up & down “I win I win”…!
When visiting the Fardoulis Chocolates factory recently, I asked them why don’t we play a new game. You can assist me in ‘The Offer’ and promoting a gift box of chocolates.
This came about when Georgina was listening to a conversation. She asked how to spell ‘SALE ‘ and I replied with, “What are you referring to? A SALE or a SAIL on a boat?”
Georgina is well aware of chocolate gifting, especially when it comes to her friends at school. We started by learning some new words and their relevance to a promotion. Finishing with her offer, a gift box of chocolates. Continue reading »
It is not unusual when asked what we do? I often wonder how to answer that question. So the story begins. I answer with “I have a chocolate factory”.
Without hesitation I wait for the next question after the usual reaction ‘Wow’. How did you start a chocolate factory? Well I didn’t…
Willy Wonka did..! My endearing name for the idea, creation, passion and perseverance of Constantinos Fardoulis.
Fardoulis is a family name which originated from Kythera, Greece. Known as the island of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, it is of no surprise to me that chocolate is also considered as the’ Food of the Gods’.
Constantinos had the dream of creating chocolates. In 1985 I knew very little about chocolate or confectionary making. Tempering, viscosity, enrobing, blooming & couverture - the language of Belgium, Swiss and French chocolate artisans.
Photo by Andrianna Athas-Fardoulis
Friday was an interesting day, we had a meeting with a person that came from the perfume industry and now has joined one of the world’s largest chocolate company called Barry Callebaut. It was great conversing about chocolate and perfume. I was just as fascinated hearing about the perfume industry as he was in tasting and delighting our new chocolate creations.
Willy Wonka’s new chocolate mirrors a chocolate Opera House. As one of the architectural wonders of the world it prompted more than a chocolate today when Willy Wonka finished his creation. He reminded me of a story about the Sydney Opera House from years ago. It was the words ‘No War ’. Chocolate artisans often make sculptures of famous icons from around the world. The Opera House represents the life of performing arts and culture in Australia. The significance of that single image communicated such a profound message of NO WAR made me reflect on how people want peace.
My graphic artist Ayca wants to create in 3D. Willy Wonka wants to create the chocolate. I just want eat the chocolate ….oops …there goes another sample off his desk. The trilogy of two artists and a chocolate lover….!
How can one ever forget this movie ? and for those that have never seen the movie it was a big hit in 2000.
Original Poster from the movie from Google images
A PARTY IN YOUR MOUTH…!
