Bonni Brodnick Blog

\ Here is an example of a Photobomb of Another Sort. (See "Noun or Verb" below.) This shot of me, my daughter and sister was taken outside The Chapter House in Collegetown, Ithaca, New York. When we went to take the photo, these two guys jumped in. I/we  have absolutely no idea who they are.                                                 

  I'll take a quadruple scoop of this one, this one, that one and that one. Waffle cone and rainbow sprinkles, pretty please.

Photo: Bonni Brodnick

The word for when someone gets in the shot and completely ruins the photo?  Photobomb. (Yup.)

. . . We are thrilled to announce that signed copies of Pound Ridge Past (a big stack of them!) are now available at Scotts Corner Market (Westchester Avenue, Pound Ridge, N.Y.) Check it out (when you go to check out your other stuff.)

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     In POUND RIDGE PAST: Remembrances of Our Townsfolk , Anna Scheid Gossett recalls growing up in the 1930s and her father's affiliation with Hiram Halle, an impresario, industrialist, entrepreneur and visionary whose remodeling and restoration of houses greatly impacted both the look of the town and the lives of many townsfolk hard hit during the Depression.      "Mr. Halle purchased and remodeled The Inn at Pound Ridge for his good friend, Emily Shaw. He added on the wing where the kitchen is, and rented it to Emily as an inn. ... We felt attached to that place. There was a bar downstairs made from an oak tree that was perfectly straight, which came from our woods. We were very proud of that." - Click images to zoom in - ...//||\\... POUND RIDGE PAST -- now in its second printing -- is available on Amazon.com , Booksy Galore, Scotts Corner Market , The Pound Ridge Museum and The Kitchen Table. To order personally signed ...

... Can sometimes be a bumpy road.

Here is my sure fire way to beat the heat. (Turn up the volume.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Classic Christmas song by Dean Martin with christmas pics. BY FRANK SINATRA | YOUTUBE.COM

http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/classroomdonation/results_teacher.aspx?ClassroomID=184718&schoolID=76321   (Click link to zoom in) My daughter just called from Hawaii to give us her new address. You know she lives out west when the house numbers are 6-digits long. And you know she's in Hawaii when you can't even pronounce the town she lives in. " Aiea ."

Photo: Bonni Brodnick We all have foods that remind us of childhood. For me it's S'mores, Charles Chips Potato Chips, Tab with lemon, Schrafft's Shrimp Dip ... and actually anything that we could dip those chips into. But it's the summery scent of this special peach k ü chen recipe that is one of my fondest July and August memories. Peach k ü chen combines peaches and custard with a scrumptious shortbread crust. The cozy summer morning aroma of Mom baking -- before the heat of the day set in -- would waft up the winding staircase in our house, gently blending a touch of cinnamon and summer fruit with the fragrance of flowers in full bloom. Transport yourself back to those lazy summer days with this tasty dessert ... "The Kogen Girls Peachy Delight." 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup margarine 12 peach halves (blanched and peeled) 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 egg yokes 1 cup sour cream ...

                                                                                                                      Photo: Bonni Brodnick Summer delight in Levittown, PA.

design solutions on Elm Street is the exclusive seller of POUND RIDGE PAST in New Canaan, Conn. They just ordered a new shipment of books ... look no further!  Note:  design solutions is also one of the only places I know that sells uber-cool washable hot dog trays for fine summer dining! (See above above.)

It's the humidity.

Photo: Bonni Brodnick Another Pound Ridge summer is a winter’s dream come true. 

Fireworks at Pound Ridge Town Park  (Photo: Bonni Brodnick)   * *  H a p p y   4 t h   o  f   J u l y  ! * * 

To all of those who gave their time, compassion and support to the Oklahoma City Children's Memorial Garden project that runs along the playground at the Pound Ridge Community Church playschool, wanted to let you know that I heard from Melva Noakes, the founder-director of the America's Kids day-care center where 19 innocent babies perished one April morning. Melva is writing a book and I promise to keep you in the loop when she comes to New York. Pound Ridge Sculpture Honors Oklahoma Dead By CYNTHIA MAGRIEL WETZLER Published: April 27, 1997 Sign In to E-Mail Print IF rocks could speak, the white alabaster in ''Unfinished Lives'' by the Pound Ridge sculptor Miles Slater might be saying to the dark granite that it enfolds: ''It's O.K. Let go of the pain.'' The sculpture was the focus of a commemorative ceremony at the Pound Ridge Town House last Saturday to remember the...

" My garden is looking particularly lush at the moment, " she whispered, hoping the deer wouldn't hear.

"In the summertime, we went to the Breuningers' on West Lane to go swimming in the pond alongside the house. And on summer evenings, our family went fishing together. With our red cork on the fishing pole, and a can of worms, we'd go down to the big lake in back of the Marshall Oil office on Salem Road. If we were lucky, we caught a bass. We'd also catch sunnies, perch, and at dusk, catfish. Everybody would eat what we caught for dinner. ... When I was growing up in Pound Ridge in the 1930s, everybody knew everybody in town. If you wanted to visit somebody in the evening, you just went. On Sundays, friends would stop in. They'd come unannounced, but they were friends, and you thought nothing of it. It was a super way to grow up. It really was." ~   Excerpt from Bonni Brodnick’s book, POUND RIDGE PAST : Remembrances of Our Townsfolk : "Pat Marshall Bartram: "Barrels of Oil and Blocks of Ice" Signed copie...