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I see a tiny face
Category: Photography
April 14, 2018
From the archives: On this day I ate Red Beet Fries for the first and only time (I was in Berlin,visiting family)
Anna Lapwood #playlikeagirl
We waited patiently in line with the drizzle and wind as there were 900 + attendees for the organ concert Friday night.
Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh and Music at St.Michael the Archangel Parish Mt. Lebanon presented organist
Anna Lapwood MBE (who is Director of Music at Pembroke College (Cambridge)
She spoke about the pieces she was going to play. She played Ave Maria with her feet on the Casavant -Frères, Opus 2641 organ.
Here she is on YouTube video speaking about Ave Maria
And for an encore she played Test Drive from How to Train Your Dragon (click link to hear her play)
Her hashtag is#playlikeagirl click for Instagram
There’s nothing like live music.
April Showers
Just under a minute April Showers
NYC, Ohio and Pittsburgh
The abandoned furniture curbside collection added to by my sister, my daughter and me.
Mary sent this pic from Bleecker and Grove Streets Greenwich Village NYC
Laura sent the recliner pic from Clintonville Ohio 
Shadyside Alley Find
I was on my way to meet a friend for lunch in the Shadyside neighborhood. I’d parked on Elmer Street and walked up Urn Way.
Look what I found on my way to Walnut Street.
Clouds Might Get in Our Way
Pittsburgh is not in the path of totality for the eclipse tomorrow afternoon. All Air Bnbs and hotels in the path are booked according to a post I saw. Traffic is expected to be heavy. Our local weather forecasters are hoping for a break in the cloud cover. It will be another twenty years(Aug 23, 2044) before the next total eclipse.
I’m hoping to observe Bob the Feral Cat and see how he behaves.
You can watch the eclipse on television.
What are your plans? Where will you be? How will you protect your eyes?
NASA guidelines for safe viewing
Total Eclipse of the Heart song expected to be number one on the charts Monday April 8th.
Saturday in Toronto. Ohio,
Alicia and I used to work together in the city a decade ago. She invited me to come to knitting group at 11:00 am Saturday. It’s just an hour’s drive to Toronto.
Toronto, Ohio that is.
The makers meet on the first Saturday of the month. We were meeting at Tri B’s Coffee Shop where she put two tables together and everyone was so welcoming. I took my handknit Emotional Support Chicken in a basket. And a pair of socks to knit on as we gathered round. Got to see what everyone was working on- slippers, a Christmas stocking, a hat, a colorful washcloth. A crocheter or two in the crowd.
It was such a happy afternoon. The coffee was delicious, too. Knitting, conversation, inspiration. Thanks for inviting me.
241 North 4th Street
Toronto, OH 43964
We Were Returning a Pair of Shoes
Steve ordered shoes online.
Tried them on. Too small.
Went to shoe department in the store.
No bigger sizes in stock. So no direct exchange possible.
We returned the shoes at the cashier. No problem.
A Grand Opening of a huge new store!
Fans lined up sporting #58 Letang Jerseys
It’s a big hockey town!
Steve took my photo with the Penguins mascot. No line.
Drove home in a pesky sleet storm.
Made macaroni and cheese, ate spinach salad.
Steinway Tower is Tall and Thin
I try to keep the blog IRT, but I took this shot Sunday and returned to Pittsburgh Monday. Thought the image was interesting enough to share today.
Steinway Tower is “At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, standing just short of two others in New York City: The 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center and the 1,550-foot-tall Central Park Tower.”
