Ruth E. Hendricks

Wordless Wednesday

February 3, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city scene, parking, parking chair, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, respect the chair, weather, winter, wordless wednesday 9 Comments

Sourdough Banana Bread

My granddaughter Maura baked Sourdough Banana Bread last week and sent a picture. I’d given her some sourdough starter a couple of weeks ago.

I felt inspired to try and bake it myself. Needed just 3 ripe bananas.

These little glass muffin cups held the leftover batter from the larger loaf.

Here’s the recipe I used. It was really good

Sharon W gsve me the little wooden slice of bread cutting board.

February 2, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: baking, Columbus OH, family, food, granddaughter, kitchen, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sourdough, sourdough banana bread 12 Comments

It’s Groundhog Day. Again

7:55 am edit Six more weeks of winter. This just in!

Phil saw his shadow in Punxsutawney at sunrise this morning.

My sister sent this photo of her groundhog in NYC.

She and I have gone to Punxsutawney twice.

So six more weeks of winter or early Spring? stay tuned.

Here are past Groundhog Day Posts if you have an interest or inclination to review 😂

See where the movie was filmed

See us in Punxsutawney

Steve and I met Punxsutawney Phil in the Strip District at Wigle Whiskey Philapalooza
February 2020

My friend Joanne baked this cake
February 2020

And I just received these three photos from Joanne She painted a groundhog. Baked a cake and how about those groundhog cookies?

February 1, 2026February 2, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: groundhog, Groundhog Day, photography, postaday, Punxsutawney, weather 14 Comments

Silent Sunday

February 1, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: American flag, birds on wire, ohio, photography, postaday, snow, travel, winter 7 Comments

Parking Lot Snow and a Service Plaza Find in Ohio

January 30, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: ohio, photography, postaday, road trip, service plaza, travel, winter 16 Comments

A knitting friend, book club colleague and neighbor invited me for soup and this was dessert. A hearty winter lunch. I walked around the block in the snow. Most people had shoveled. It took twice as long to get there, though

January 30, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: applesauce cake, dessert, food, friendship, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, soup 14 Comments

Street Parking Space Savers

The first photo is from 2010. What they called Snowmageddon.

STREET PARKING PLACEHOLDER

Street Parking Space Savers- revisiting Snowmageddon 2010. Many people are experiencing more snow right now. So is it a Pittsburgh thing? You see all kinds of chairs reserving parking spaces all around the city after someone has shoveled out their space, planning to return to it, later.
I’ve seen a port-a-crib to reserve a parking space!

And here’s the update on our 2026 snow. Thursday the fourth day that school is cancelled.

My unplowed street pictured below

January 28, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city scene, parking, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Snowstorm, weather 20 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

January 27, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: BVM, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, snowfall, urban madonna, weather, winter 9 Comments

Ice on the Ohio River

We got the 14” of snow predicted and it’s severe cold!

Schools closed again tomorrow. The mayor has declared a State of Emergency for Pittsburgh. Many plows are broken and streets aren’t able to be cleared.

https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-state-of-emergency-snowstorm/70140587

Our neighborhood has not lost power.

Debbie sent a follow up photo to yesterday’s Tug boat photo she sent and I posted (one view below)

January 26, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: guest blog, Neville Island, Ohio River, photography, postaday, weather 17 Comments

Tug Boat on the Ohio River

This is a guest blog, photographed by my friend Debbie who lives on Neville Island, along the Ohio River. She texted me these pics. She and her husband Sy were enjoying their hot tub when this tug, breaking up ice, came by. So happy you shared these pics.

The images look black and white except for the flag’s pop of color.

January 25, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: guest blog, ice, Neville Island, Ohio River, photography, postaday, tug boat, winter 17 Comments

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