Ann Seeber

Here's my latest version of New Kid on the Block. This is Mick, our Irish Wolfhound. He's been gone many years now but, as always, they're unforgettable.

Actually just finished with my lunch.

When I was growing up, my father worked on, what at the time was the Erie Railroad. Now it is Amtrak, and he kept his pocket watch on Standard Time as that was the rule for his job. The trains had to run on time! He was Chief Night Dispatcher and most of the traffic he directed was freight.

Michele, This post just came in as an email attached to the topic: March Freebie thread.?? When I clicked on it, your post was not there, because, of course, it was HERE. 😜.

We turned our clocks ahead an hour this past Saturday night/Sunday morning. I was grateful that all my devices changed automatically, and I only had a few to adjust manually. My own brain has not totally adjusted yet and neither have my creatures who depend on me for meals. I looked in my stash for something about Time and found this...

Bina, I love your layouts but unfortunately, the text is too small to read in this format. Can you post the text separately, in a larger version, as I'd love to read it. Thanks! 🧐

Speaking of rice pudding, it is now in the news via Semafor today;

How much snow did you have to shovel? ❄️

Wow, those colors are fabulous! Can't wait to see more... 😉

Here is my Week Ten, featuring a Photopolymer Etching by my daughter, Debbie Lennox, of her Big River Farm in Springtime that I converted to Grayscale just to see how that would work. The original is in tones of brown. The font is now Cardigan Script.

I made a screenshot of my workspace. You'll notice I don't use thumbnails in my layer palette. Also, be sure to UNCHECK TABBED DOCUMENTS in the WINDOW menu at the top. The photo I've included is of a Viking River Cruise in Europe and I'm planning on documenting a Fantasy Travel Layout using their stock photos.

Oh, you just gave me a wake-up-call. I ROTATED the photo area! That's why it's wrong. *slaps forehead* 😉

These photos showed up in The Hudson Valley in Pictures yesterday and I couldn't resist as I'm related to Louis Bevier through my father, Harold Terwilliger. His grandfather was married to Sara Bevier, a great-granddaughter of Louis. I've never been to Huguenot Street but a trip is planned! My "template" was just a .jpg so it took some maneuvering to create the "slipped-in" look. Thank goodness for promoted layers! I had to stick with the plain background because of that so I did a colorization and added a texture. The title font is Belisha. I created the brad from a piece of Huguenot art and one in my stash.

it says: "Oddly enough, this pie has nothing to do with the famous annual horse race. Rather, the Kern family couldn’t decide on what to call it. So they drew names out of a hat!"

Bonnie, is it like a Mint Julep? 😉

D = Doughnuts

I like all your creations, Bina. I will hop on a flight to Europe right away! I particularly liked the mixed media on the Barcelona page. The culinary is very readable, even with small type. Ah, someday, Paris! ❤️

I went to camp most summers and all we played was Canasta. It did get a bit boring after a while. My more recent card game of German Pinochle is lightning fast and exciting. Wish I could find some players now. Most of the ones we played with are now gone.

Speaking of board games, we played Monopoly a lot and Scrabble. We lived in a two-family house in Rutherford, NJ, (photo added) and the woman from upstairs would come down and play Scrabble with my mom every evening, especially if my dad was watching a baseball game on the kitchen TV. I ended up marrying her son, Jack, who was the father of my two daughters. He passed away in 1992, just before the birth of my granddaughter, Jackie.

Oh, it has been a while since I played but I used to love a game called German Pinochle. I played with my husband and various other players at a tavern in Pine Island, a nearby farming community, when we lived in Warwick, NY. We played for money, $1.00 and $2.00 per game. I see Carol's game link has Pinochle, which I also played. My parents played regularly with friends from church, and it was something I watched with interest when I was a child. My husbands both played Poker for money, but I never had the nerve to join. When my late husband, Frank, and I would travel to movie theater owner conventions around the country, we would end up at casinos in Atlantic City, NJ, or Las Vegas, NV. One time in Vegas, I was watching a game of Texas Hold'em (a poker variation) when the celebrity, Steve Martin, strolled over and joined the game! Wow, he was very handsome and charming. If you are not familiar with him, I've attached a photo. He was known as a comedian on Saturday Night Live and in films, such as "Roxanne," where he played a version of Cyrano DeBergerac. Lately, he is the creator and star of the hit show "Only Murders in the Building" with Martin Short, which is available in the US on Apple+. He is also an artist and talented banjo player.

I love Fig Newtons, Bonnie! G = Grasshopper Pie

This reminds me - I came home from a restaurant with a doggie bag which included some "Gorgonzola cream." It was topping for an appetizer of grilled Portobello mushrooms, caramelized onions, chopped tomato and large-leaf spinach. So the leftovers are now finished but not the "cream." What can I use it on, other than the same dish I now have had twice! lol

B = Baklava - Baklava is a delicious Greek dessert made up of layers of crispy phyllo dough, honey and nuts.

As the name was unfamiliar to this 'merican, I hunted up some info. Reminds me of the ice cream cake roll I used to love as a child: vanilla ice cream with chocolate sponge cake wrap. Here's the illustration for the Arctic Roll from Getty Images.

Y = Yellow Butter Cake