Life, Love and Laughter in the Chateau de la Lande, a 16th century chateau in the heart of France
Stephanie
▷ The Chateau Diaries 093: Comedy & Costumes
It’s been a beautiful December week at the chateau, as we begin our Christmas preparations, mainly by practising our ability to have epic feasts! It’s important to stretch our stomachs well in advance of the day itself 😂But we also find time for a cultural outing to the Jacques Tati museum for some comedic relief […]
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor Hugo
Creativity takes courage
Henri Matisse
Creativity is intelligence having fun
Albert Einstein
In the cherry blossom's shade
Kobayashi Issa
there's no such thing
as a stranger.
Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life
George Sand
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it
Gustave Flaubert
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Victor Hugo
The more you judge, the less you love.
Honore de Balzac
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.
George Sand
▷ The Chateau Diaries 033: A Chateau, a Proposal, and a Tractor Race
I visit the Chateau de la Basmaignée, and Lalande hosts its first tractor race in the courtyard…
More▷ The Chateau Diaries 032: Gastronomic Delights and Bad Sheep
Its a typical chateau week as Marie and I create a 7-course menu, greet new arrivals, and deal with much naughtiness from sheep…
MoreI believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
Gustave Flaubert