Actress Diane Keaton, Summertime Pick Movies!

Diane Keaton Movies

There are so many great movies starring Diane Keaton, here are a few of my favorites.


1) Hamstead
2) Book Club
3) The Big Wedding
4) Because I Said So

I decided not to do the Face Aging App

Why do the Face Again App, we are humans, we are supposed to age gracefully, however, if we don't there is always Paris, and Plastic Surgery, LOL. 

Christmas in July, by, Cookbook Author, Gina Meyers: White and Chocolate Frosting, Black and White Cookies, Pumpkin Cookies

White and Chocolate Frosting, from scratch

4 cups of powdered sugar
1/3 cup boiling water
1 ounce of semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate, melted

Directions: Place powdered sugar in a bowl. Gradually stir in boling water until it is a thick able spread mixture, add more water if needed and add more powdered sugar if too watery by the teaspoonfuls. Next, divide the sugar mixture into two bowls. Add the melted chocolate into one half, leaving the other half white. Decorate each cookie, half with white frosting, half with chocolate frosting. Place the frosted cookies on a wire rack or plate to dry.

Black & White Cookies

4 3/4 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
4 eggs
1 cup of milk
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon of lemon extract
White & Chocolate Frosting

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease two baking sheets. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cimbine the sugar and butter, beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in eggs, milk, and vanilla and lemon extract. Stir in the flour mixture until the cookies are just mixed. Drop the cookie dough by tablespoonfuls onto the baking sheet about 2-inches apart. Bake for 15 minutes or until edges are slightly browned. Makes two dozen cookies approximately.

Pumpkin Cookies
1/2 cup of butter/margarine
1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
1 egg
1 cup of canned pumpkin (with spice already in the mix)
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Optional: 1/2 cup of diced almonds, or 1 cup of chocolate chips (mini)

Directions: Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg, pumpkin, and vanilla. Mix and stir in flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture and mix well. Add more flour by the tablespoonfuls, if needed. Add almonds and chocolate chips, if preferred. With a spoon, drop mixture by teaspoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Once baked, remove from hot cookie sheet and let cookies rest on a plate or cooling rack.

It's Christmas in July, check out Gina's cookbooks today: https://www.amazon.com/Gina-Meyers/e/B0039KMPSS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Meet Poet A.C. Vasquez

Gardens

I took a walk out on the moon and picked a flower for you

In case you wondered where I wandered as you slept

I lay awake while your dreams rose and fell and danced around the room

Whispering secrets that I smiled to know they kept

The window made a sudden screech as it slid open for me

I plucked the sound out of the air and placed it back

Your dreams stopped dancing and all stared at me with faces so mean

But you stayed sleeping so they let out quiet laughs

My steps made ripples in the sky as I moved further from you

Leaving a trail of stars to find my way back home

It was a long and lonely walk until my feet met the moon

Where everything was made of sound and colors sang instead of shone

That’s where I found a single flower wrapped in silence and grey

The only life upon the dark side of the moon

It looked up at me with indifference as I pulled it away

And followed every star that lead me back to you

I slipped in through the open window and your dreams slid it closed

I placed the flower, silence, and grey, upon your heart

When I awoke I found a garden, from that flower, had rose

It’s no surprise; I knew your love would do its part

                                                                                A.C. Vasquez

Gina's Favorite Movies with a lead character having a British Accent

Do you agree?

* Love Actually
*Nottinghill
*About Time

and my number 1 favorite movie with a lead character having a British Accent, wait for it, ......The Holiday!