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Christmas in Black and White
December 13, 2014 Christmas in Black and White The Christmas season is again, upon us, and, happily, the yuletide season gives me everyone a legitimate excuse to watch all of those beloved holiday movies to excess. :o) Being an old … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white Christmas movies, Chocolate Cookie Recipe, Christmas Eve Stew recipe, Christmas in black and white, Christmas in Connecticut, Christmas Playlist, Christmas Tree lot, colorized Christmas movies, Come to the Stable, Holiday Affair, Holiday Inn movie, Humphrey Bogart voice over, It Happened on 5th Avenue, It Happened on 5th Avenue free printable quote, It's A Wonderful Life, It's a Wonderful Life Cat's Meow Village, MA and PA Kettle at Home, Miracle on 34th Street, Never Say Goodbye Christmas movie, The Bishop's Wife, The Lemon Drop Kid, The Man Who Came to Dinner, To be without friends is a serious form of poverty, Turner Classic Movies, Zuzu, Zuzu ornament
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 26, 2014 Happy Thanksgiving! Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and all through the house… I wear my favorite apron from Harrods of London. It is slick, and all spills wash off with a quick wipe of a cloth! It … Continue reading
Autumn is the Mellow Time of Year?!
November 7, 2014 Autumn is the Mellow Time of Year?! Immersing myself in all that autumn has to offer! Photo courtesy of Trevor Hoffman I love autumn! Those lazy, cool, fall days; trees filled with a myriad of colorful fall leaves, … Continue reading
Still MORE, confessions of a Pinterest artist: Painting #3
September 15, 2014 Still MORE, confessions of a Pinterest artist: Painting #3 What American Gothic might have looked like?! I pose in front of my Blue Blossom, inspired by Lisa DeJohn’s Blue Flower. If it is true, what “they” say, that imitation is the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Gothic, American Gothic House, Ashtabula, Beth Howard, Blue Blossom, Blue Flower, Dandelions, Dick Van Dyke, Dirt Cake Recipe, diy painting, Grant Wood, Green Acres, Happy, Iowa State University, James Bond, Lisa DeJohn, Never Say Never Again, Saturday Night Live American Gothic Skit, Sean Connery, State of Iowa Historical Museum, Still MORE confessions of a Pinterest wrist: Painting #3, The Masterpiece
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Chicken and Dumplings & Ma and Pa Kettle
September 7, 2014 Chicken and Dumplings & Ma and Pa Kettle It’s chicken and dumplings for dinner! Living overseas, far from familiar surroundings, makes one appreciate those “little things” from home. Comfort food, a food which elicits “nostalgic or sentimental … Continue reading
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Tagged Annette's Chicken and Dumplings, Aunt Liz's Glossy Chocolate Frosting, brownie frosting recipe, chicken and dumpling recipe, Chicken and Dumplings, Comfort Food, Fernand Leger, Ma and Pa Kettle, Ma and Pa Kettle films in public domain, Making a scarf into a vest, Marjorie Main, Pa Kettle quote, Painting in Ma and Pa Kettle, Percy Kilbride, The Egg and I
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More, True Confessions of a Pinterest Artist
August 30, 2014 More, True Confessions of a Pinterest Artist It was a rumor floating around, while I attended the University of South Carolina, in the late seventies. Supposedly, sometime during the three semesters (1947-1948) that Jasper Johns attended the land of … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, Banff poster, Chopping off chicken head, Doris Day, George Boutwell, Happy, Ian Tremewen, Jasper Johns, Jodi Perry, Jodi Perry art, Michael Crichton, Pillow Talk, Pinterest, Pinterest Artist, Shag, The Black Dog Tavern print, The Flintstones, University of South Carolina
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Dubai, the City of Gold: a photo tour
August 27, 2014 Dubai, the City of Gold: a photo tour Enjoying the array of gold available for purchase at one of the many shops in Dubai’s Old Gold Souk Dubai is one amazing city! Skyscrapers abound, and the construction … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice's Banana Bread, Atlantis, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Banana Bread, City of Gold, Dubai, Guinness Book of World Records, JW Marriott Marquis, Mall of the Emirates, Old Gold Souk, Palm Island, Ski Dubai, Summit Springs Inn, The Dubai Aquarium, The Dubai Mall
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Our State Fair is a GREAT State Fair!
August 15, 2014 Our State Fair is a GREAT State Fair! Posing at the Iowa State Fair, August 2009 Dale (my hubby) who wins the blue ribbon, Martese (our daughter), and Me (Annette) Photo courtesy of Jodie Stokke Our State … Continue reading
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Tagged antique moose cup, Blue Boy hog, butter cow, corndogs, double Ferris Wheel, Duffy Lyon, Firefall, Food on a stick, Frankie Valli & the four season 1976, General admission concert seating, General admission tickets, Iowa State Fair, Iowa State Fair pin cushion, Iowa State Fair souvenir, Jeremy Camp Iowa State Fair, Midway, mincemeat recipe from Iowa State Fair, Our State Fair song, Phil Stong, Rodgers and Hammerstein, State Fair, State Fair movie 1933, State Fair movie 1945, State Fair novel, The Beach Boys 1975, The Who concert disaster in Cincinnati, Will Rogers, Will Rogers and Blue Boy
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Good Mornin’, Good Mornin’…
July 29, 2014 Good Mornin’, Good Mornin’… Yes, that’s me, Annette, in the center! This is how Singin’ in the Rain’s, “Good Mornin” number could have looked! :o) Photo courtesy of Trevor Hoffman ”Good Mornin’, Good Mornin’”, this perky little ditty … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 weight watcher points, A.A. Milne, Annette's Scrambled Egg Muffins recipe, Bagel Bin, Bewitched, breakfast, Coffee Cake, Eggel, Fridgidaire Flair, Gene Kelly, Gene Kelly fever, Good Mornin", I Love Lucy, It's Dollars to Doughnuts, Job Switching, Leave it to Beaver, Marty Mummert, Marty Mummert sign, Muffin Special recipe, Singin' in the Rain, sugar n' spice coffee cake, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the Donna Reed Show, The Munsters, Walt Disney World, What's in a Middle Name, Winnie the Pooh
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True Confessions of a Pinterest Artist
July 24, 2014 True Confessions of a Pinterest Artist Standing next to my Dandelions painting As a child, I imagined myself as an accomplished artist, and an acclaimed movie actress (or at the least, a local children show host who … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Des Moines Art Festival, Audrey Hepburn, Bennington, Betty Lou, Chick-fil-a Calendar, Daktari, Dandelions, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Grandma Mosses, How to Steal a Million, James Garner, Jodi Perry, Peter O'Toole, Pinterest, Summer Daydream, The Art of Love, The Bennington Museum, The House with the Magic Window, The Old Checkered House 1853, The Thin Man, True Confessions of a Pinterest Artist, Vermont
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