Ruth E. Hendricks

A Little Free Library

Do you have a Little Free Library near you?

January 12, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: books, family, little free library, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 10 Comments

Einkorn Sourdough Loaf

What is Einkorn you might ask. (click for answers to FAQ)

“Einkorn (Triticum monococcum) is one of the world’s oldest cultivated wheats(10,000 years ago) known for its nutty flavor, high protein, and nutritional value, containing more carotenoids, B vitamins, and minerals than modern wheat”

It was delicious.
Even better toasted with Italian Butter and jam.

My $29.95 cast iron Bread oven from Aldi works perfectly
Or You can get a Le Creuset one for about $300.

January 11, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography 14 Comments

This just in from the GBR

A guest blog

Friend and blog follower Kristin and her husband Rick are visiting Australia. While snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef they saw this wine bottle covered with barnacles. And guess what! They thought of me.

Yes it’s a great find for a post. Thank you

January 11, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: barnacles, Great Barrier Reef, guest blog, photography, postaday, travel 4 Comments

Silent Sunday (a Day Early)

My friend Vincie just wrote an email to inform me that I’m a day ahead of myself and it’s only SATURDAY-not Sunday. Ooops. and I just hung up a new 2026 calendar on the kitchen wall. Guess it would help if I looked at it!

Anyway I like this photo from the archives and maybe I’ll post a second Silent Sunday tomorrow on the correct day of the week.

January 9, 2026January 10, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: family, fire engine, Fire Truck, Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, travel 5 Comments

Putting Away Christmas

I saw these two salt dough ornaments at the top of the box. I’d made and baked these in the mid 1970’s. I’d created all my family in salt dough. That’s my sister (holding a NYC map as she still lives in Manhattan) on the right and the one on the left was a likeness of Marjorie Lutkins holding a crossword puzzle. She was a generous family friend who’d join us on holidays with another friend Naomi Zieber Naomi was a real Charles Dickens fan and had a full set of Royal Doulton China figures and mugs of all the characters from his books

That these ornaments have survived 5 decades amazes me. Recently I found Naomi with her head broken off but I glued it back.

So there are three surviving salt dough ornaments that are fifty years old.