Today we got 6 inches of snow, and more is coming down. Spring has got to show up soon. Easter is almost here, and I need to do my own Easter cards. I may try something different, cropping and framing. And then Easter baking. Yes, I have been baking for two months now. I am in training, but so far, so good, or should I say great? Chocolate is my main ingredient.
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"There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps." ~ by Peter A. Cohen
~ Anna
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~ Anna
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Happy Easter!!! I bet Matthew will have fun finding his Easter basket. :D
Hugs, JJ
Hope you all have a great Easter!
Take care,
Kathy
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Thanks for the tips...I like how you used the colours! Very pretty...
Well I have to go back into the hot sun here and prune the palm trees and cactuses after some surfing and sun bathing...thankfully we have air conditioning...
Hope you all have a great Easter filled with hope, joy and warmth! :-))
All of my photos either bought for printing or used for printing with stories have to be 300 dpi resolution and 100% in size. So I always work from 100% at 300 if it goes with a story. It takes that to get the best printed results.
I'm a cropping maniac. I've always been one. Even back in the days of film and prints, I cropped everything for emphasis. It's a great tool. So thanks a million for the handy tips. It's nice to have the advice of an expert.
Happy trails.
Just curious. Do you call the flower orchid or do you call it another name over at your side?
So sorry about the snow. We had much more than usual this year in Vancouver, and I really know that feeling of, "No more, please!" But as you say, Spring is coming! Hang in there:) Happy Easter to you!
Moi dziadkowie też chodzili do Stoczka na pielgrzymki:)
Pozdrawiam.
My, my, my....you have been baking, eh? What a baby does to women lol ;D! I know, because the day I decided I'd be a mom, I began to cook and bake as well! I was 17 years old...and since I had decided (at the time) that I would not get married (since no man was good enough for me LOL LOL *sigh* teenagers) but would have lots of babies, I had to learn how to cook and bake for them! lol...
About your cropping lessons: thank you so much! I learned a thing or two, and I will come back to re-read it again, for I must do it with the image editing program opened! :D
I wish you a Happy Easter (is the orthodox one this weekend also?) - I know your husband is Roman Catholic!!!
Cheers
Great techniques
Take care and enjoy the day!
XX Purple Cat
As far as spring goes, it is finally here. I can't believe you are still getting snow. By the time summer arrives up there, it must be time for fall? Can you vegetable garden? Is your summer season long enough for tomatoes or peppers or winter squash?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. You did a great job on your colorful floral "triptych."
Don't forget to take some photos of Matthew trying out his first chocolates, to share with us!
Blessings to you and your family.
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Just stopped by to say, Happy Easter to you and your family.
Hope you are having a wonderful Easter Sunday!
Deb (JB's mom)
Hugs,
Cindy
And yes, there is nothing wrong with corping, I do it in most of my photo ^__^
Thank you dear.
Max you said: 'I know, because the day I decided I'd be a mom, I began to cook and bake as well! I was 17 years old...and since I had decided (at the time) that I would not get married (since no man was good enough for me LOL LOL *sigh* teenagers) but would have lots of babies, I had to learn how to cook and bake for them! lol... - you are funny Max, and how in the world were you going to have babies without man, lol...Max baking is so much fun, you know when you are going to be mom one day, you will see. I used to say I know I know, but when Matthew came, then I knew really knew how wonderful it is to be a parent.
Max thanks again my friend, and thanks for the wishes. Yes Dom's Easter was this weekend, and mine is next weekend. I will be probably doing another round of baking, giving out baking treats, lol...Anna :)
Yes still snow on the ground. Just too cold for it to melt, and where I live is the colder area. But I only live 30 min from Toronto, and they got no snow, I guess north is north, lol.
No not really, the vegetable garden wouldn't do good, unless I put stuff in the puts. Just the ground is slopped, and everything probably be washed away everytime it rains... But I have few herbs in the pots though...
Yes if it is right weather, tomatoes, squash are grow just fine, I used to have tomatoes on the front lawn...
Anna :)
"I want to come up with some brand cookies of mine for Matthew, unfortunately he only smells them for now, and my husbands enjoys them because most of them are with chocolate, lol."
Soon he will be eating them, you will see :D! Chocolate cookies? Mmmmmmmmmmm....
"you are funny Max, and how in the world were you going to have babies without man, lol...Max baking is so much fun, you know when you are going to be mom one day, you will see. I used to say I know I know, but when Matthew came, then I knew really knew how wonderful it is to be a parent."
LOL thanks *High five*! LOL girl, I was planning to make babies with a friend of mine, only with no marriage involved LOL (don't ask) *nodding*! The day I become a parent I will let you know what I think of it :D!
"Max thanks again my friend, and thanks for the wishes. Yes Dom's Easter was this weekend, and mine is next weekend. I will be probably doing another round of baking, giving out baking treats, lol..."
You are welcome, girl! Next weekend? Let me write it down...done :D! LOL LOL bake, girl...just bake :D!
Cheers
I hope spring will arrive soon at your place, as long it isn't continue the chocolate baking, mmmmmm, I think I like it. lol
Two months of baking! You must have fed an army on that lot!
If there is anything left (I doubt it!) you know where to send the doggy bag. I'll even pay for the postage!
Take Care,
Peter
Max you said: 'LOL thanks *High five*! LOL girl, I was planning to make babies with a friend of mine, only with no marriage involved LOL (don't ask) *nodding*! The day I become a parent I will let you know what I think of it :D!' - I will not ask then, lol, but I can only see you making all these plans that time, that is really funny you know. For myself I never really thought of being parent in my twenties, when I hit mid thirties then something sparked - it almost like I needed to mature, lol, and you know I am glad that I have Matthew now, because I feel like I know that I am giving him 100% plus care.
Thanks Max again, you are cool girl!
Anna :)
Yes two months of training in baking. The previous very little baking I did was from premixes, now I am doing from scratch. Well today I broke the rule and I am inventing my own stuff, so far so good....
Thanks Peter for the interest in my cookies, but you know they are so simple, that is probably better to make them yourself, otherwise, it would probably cost you an arm and the leg. And you are right, they are all gone...another big batch will be made for this weekend Easter.
Thanks Peter for your always entertaining comments. Anna :)
thanks for sharing them.
You are welcome, darling :D! Aaah, kindness...kindness...
"I will not ask then, lol, but I can only see you making all these plans that time, that is really funny you know."
LOL I was an odd teenager LOL...
"For myself I never really thought of being parent in my twenties, when I hit mid thirties then something sparked - it almost like I needed to mature, lol, and you know I am glad that I have Matthew now, because I feel like I know that I am giving him 100% plus care."
Awww, that is so sweet! I am sure you are a superb mom, Anna :D! God Bless you!
"Thanks Max again, you are cool girl!"
Don't mention it...so are you, girl! So, are you :D!
Cheers
Thanks for all Max!
Anna :)