Ruth E. Hendricks

Four in a Row

July 15, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: abandoned furniture, Chairs, discard, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 6 Comments

At the Frick Museum Pittsburgh

At the Frick Museum Pittsburgh

“Portrait of a Lady” (c. 1912)
by Italian artist **Giovanni Boldini**,
Subject:
philanthropist Florence Meyer Blumenthal.

My friend Gail and I went to the French Moderns Show today. This portrait was in the show. Thanks J for the gift of a family membership to The Frick.

July 14, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Art artist, Brooklyn Museum, Frick Museum, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 2 Comments

Beach Toy Recycling Station

Laura texted me these pics today from Virginia Beach. First time I saw such a station.

Beat up holiday decorations. I see a witch

Where are the beach toys?

July 13, 2026July 14, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: family, guest blog, photography, postaday, recycle, toys, travel, Virginia Beach 3 Comments

Anonymous Enjoying Pool Life

July 13, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography 4 Comments

Big Boy Locomotive #4014 in Glenfield PA

Friends Debbie and Sy invited us to come see the giant steam locomotive with their visiting family and then see fireworks later in the evening. We had a great time. We were at a fenced in playground so the kids were safe. And they brought chairs! Nice planning. We went across the Ohio River to their house for dinner and then headed to Avalon for fireworks! What a day.

Click to Watch a minute + video of Big Boy #4014

You hear it before you see it.

Spectators captured by Deb. I was at the wheel

Deb and Sy went to Euclid Ohio June 8th last week and saw the giant Big Boy engine stopped, with a crowd and here are a few of the pics they sent me

Fireworks venue in Avalon
we were in bleacher seats

On the way home I pulled over for “Night Couch” bonus

July 11, 2026July 12, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography, trainsTags: Big Boy #4014, Glenfield, locomotive, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, steam engine, Union Pacific 13 Comments

Bees at Work

Bees are attracted to the Coneflowers (Echinacea) in my garden click for info how to grow these deer resistant perennials.

July 10, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: bees, coneflower, echinacea, garden, photography, pollinators, postaday, summer 3 Comments

Still celebrating

A guilty pleasure which many don’t understand. Pouring milk on cake. Usually I’d do it on a stale piece but this little piece was still fresh.

Here’s a 14 second video of milk being poured over a piece of Trader Joe’s Lemon Sheet Cake atop a nest of juicy blackberries.

July 9, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: birthday cake, blackberries, food, kitchen, milk, photography, postaday 4 Comments

Old Fashioned Pulley Clothesline from July 2011

A Throwback Thursday post

My friend Joan passed in 2023 but this is her old fashioned pulley clothesline (with a bag to hold the pins). The original post telling of the birthday dinner she made for me – Her clothesline jumped out at me and I thought of sheets hung on the line and how quickly things dry in the summer. The refreshing scent of the sunshine.

The same type of lilies in the 2011 post, the ones I photographed blooming in her garden, are opening up fully in my dining room this week in my birthday flowers bouquet