Doska St.

Hi all,

we have a great regional library in our city (we are a university city) where I used to borrow tons of heavy illustrated books and books on art in general and archaeology, Egypt for example, before I went online. There are also smaller libraries in the districts where you can borrow books or even a book bus. There are only bookshops and archivists in the city center. Today I only buy a few e-books via Kindle. They don't need any physical space and don't gather dust. I usually find the topics I read today for free on the Internet as PDF files, which I can also add drawings, markings and notes to.

T = Trollius ( Trollblume)

9 hours ago, Bonnie Ballentine said:

Cats...I have had many. These are a few:

Did you have these adorable cats at the same time or one after the other, or in groups of 2 Bonnie?

M = Marguerite

Hi all,

Well then I'll start:

As a child, cats and dogs followed me. But we couldn't keep pets in my family. So my husband gave me a dog right at the start of our marriage because we had to have a weekend marriage for three months because of his professional training. I was so homesick that he didn't want to leave me alone.
After our dog, who had to be put down in 1990 when he was 17, I got a tomcat by "accident"; a previous owner had already called him "Peterli" to whom he had been given, but didn't get along with her existing tomcat. The artist who drew a very nice poster to display for him was a fellow singer from my gospel choir who was sitting next to me. At first I just wanted the beautiful drawing, but I immediately got the cat. He was with us for 13 years and we trained him to use a harness so that we could take him on vacation trips. Then he became very ill, had surgery, it went on for another 2 years, then the cat cancer broke out again and the area could no longer be operated on. We then got the second black and white tomcat from our cat protection association, my husband named him “Cicero”. Unfortunately our sick Peterli didn't like that and ran away. 14 days later I was able to catch him again nearby, emaciated. It was with a heavy heart that we had him euthanized at home in the hot August of 2005. Cicero, who we called "Rambo" because of his impetuous nature, was also used to being on a leash and went on vacation with us (usually on farms in Bavaria, Allgäu or Black Forest). Unfortunately, he only lived to be 2 years old. In 2007, in another hot April, we found him dead on a road embankment near us after a long search. Now my husband no longer wants pets because he finds it difficult to cope with the death of a pet again. I would like to have both again, also because of the exercise. But I don't want to surprise my husband and I respect his attitude

Hello, my dears,

I hope I'm making this announcement in the right place.

Perhaps the rose-loving German or European members of the campus would be interested in experiencing a parade with a rose queen elected every two years and many themed floats made of rose petals.
We already experienced this in 2006, here is my current Alphascrap from the DS forum. I have the link to Steinfurth for you in English, but you can also set it to German at the top right.

https://www.bad-nauheim.de/en/discover/festivals-and-events/rose-festival

15 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Ich bin auch ein bisschen früh, aber das "Highlight" meiner Woche war mein Geburtstag. Ich habe keine Fotos von dem Anlass, den ich hier nutzen kann. Nur einige von Familie und Freunden, die ich verschwimmen muss, und das gefällt mir überhaupt nicht. Es sind alles Menschen, die mir wichtig sind, aber hier nicht sehr interessant. Also habe ich mir einen Geburtstagskuchen mit Streuseln auf der Oberseite (Rohre von mir und Carole) gemacht. Die 75 ist Sahnerohr, Freebie von Carole; genau wie das Doly und Grün mit zusätzlichen Rosen. Die Kerzen sind von Marissa Lerin und der Rest kommt von meinem Vorrat.

Der Rest der Wochen im April und die erste Maiwoche wird kommen, da ich aus Kalifornien zurück bin, nachdem ich mich vom Jetlag erholt habe; ich nehme meinen Laptop nicht mit. Ich werde hier am kommenden Dienstag gehen, also sen für jetzt und sehen Sie im Mai. Ich werde auf dem Campus einchecken, wenn ich einige Momente habe, in denen alle bei der Arbeit / der Schule sind und es nur ich und die Hunde sind. An den Wochenenden machen wir Ausflüge.

Happy 75th birthday, dear Corrie🌷🐞, and I wish you a safe trip✈️, lots of fun 🤩and a healthy return🙌.

F = Fern

C = Chrysantheme

On 4/2/2024 at 9:50 PM, bina greene said:

And here is a second project, about a place in Germany  (say shtorkoh, meaning storks in English) Storkow about a 40 minutes drive east of Berlin and 20 minutes west from the Polish border. It is part of the outer, historic military ring around Berlin. Interesting place. 

Graphics JBS and Marisa Lerin, fonts are Qiara on title and Poppins on body.

 

 

 

Hi Bina,

A journalist was lost because of you. Or do you work for a magazine? In any case, I'm pleased that you've invested such a long text in the German language and especially the dialect around Berlin😘. But what do you like about the boring houses and the prefabricated buildings for a private album? But everything is the typical Bina journal style 😁. But I like that you decorate sparingly and the photos get the main attention.👍

Sorry, I couldn't find any English. Flower names with R except rose, so another German flower name with translation 😉

Rittersporn = Larkspur

19 hours ago, Cassel said:

This question has an article on the blog: https://scrapbookcampus.com/2020/12/fixing-exposure-on-partial-photos/ 

Would that help?

Thank you Carole,

I saved it in German and will try it and comment here again whether it worked. Wish you a nice Sunday. We suddenly have summery weather here. But it has already rained enough.🌞

M = Marigold = Ringelblume

Hi Carole and Members,

when I created my scrap "SoFi 99" I had a round overexposed area. Now I remembered the tip in the campus blog about eliminating light reflections on glasses. Now I would like to ask whether there is a way in PSP to make an overexposed area in a photo "matt" again or to adjust it to the surrounding colors. Probably falls into the image editing category. Or has this question already been answered in Q&A?

F = Fuchsia

My total solar eclipse experience in 1999☀️😎

SOFI= Sonnenfinsternis = solar eclipse

W = waterlily

Happy Easter all,

and thank you for your help and interest💝

K = Käse-Sahne-Torte (Classic cake in Germany)

9 hours ago, Michele said:

J = Jelly Rings ~ Raspberry jelly/jam covered in dark chocolate. It's a favorite treat during Passover since it doesn't contain any ingredients that are "forbidden" like leavened flour. I don't dare bring them into the house or I would eat them all in one sitting!

These delicious looking chocolate rings remind me of our gingerbread hearts during Advent, also with jelly in them
😋

H = Heidelbeer-Knödel  (Austria)

F = Fastnachtsküchle

come in several forms and often resemble small "Berliners"

Hi Michele,

this reminds me of the famous photo of Man Ray. Well done, only now a man is lending his back as a cello 😉

https://image.kurier.at/images/cfs_932w/6918777/46-186805116.jpg

Hi,

I'm currently working privately on a lot of digital birthday cards and congratulations on the birth in mobile phone format. Many family members and friends have birthdays in the first half of the year😄🌷

Hi James,

we last had a total solar eclipse in Germany in August 1999, which we enjoyed with our neighbors on the terrace. The next total SF shouldn't be until 2081, on Lake Constance.
However, there will be a partial SoFi in northern Germany in 2025.
Wikipedia lists complete and partial SoFi's in the world from 2003 to 2097.
I'll have to look for the photos and do a scrap with them.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_zentren_Sonnenfinsternisse_in_Europa_im_21._ Jahrhundert

Edit 05.04 24:

My SoFi-Scrap is here down👇