Meet Mr. Darryl Cann

The City of Pittsburgh Roving Art Cart opened the season at the Highland Park Super Playground on June 16th. There was a puppet show and Mr. Cann’s Aunt Mary Lou Williams was being honored in the show so he came to participate. He plays five instruments I learned. And he told me he’s a retired Bellman of the historic and classic Omni William Penn Hotel downtown. Over the decades he met over 350 celebrities he said.

Here he is playing along with a recording of the famous George Benson. He gave us his gift of live music. Click to listen https://youtu.be/_yizufqbZ0Q?is=1WUC2GDWpnEuDTDk

At a picnic table in Maple Grove shelter at the Citparks Super Playground.

My $3 Purchase from Sunday’s Neighborhood Yard Sale

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Big Boy Restaurants

Thanks to my neighbor Gail for selling him to me

The Neighbor’s Million Bells

What are Calibrachoa Flowers?

Named after a 19th-century Mexican botanist, Calibrachoa (pronounced kal-ih-bruh-KO-uh), sometimes referred to as million bells or trailing petunia, are akin to petunias but boast tiny, one-inch, trumpet-shaped flowers. 

Want to grow them?

Click here for Universityhttps://extension.umn.edu/flowers/calibrachoa Minnesota Extension information

Poor Deer on the Driving Range

We were at a fabulous high school graduation party at Shooters Golf in Wexford PA. My granddaughter Shanti loved trying her hand with a child sized golf club.

A deer ran out across the driving range. Didn’t get hit by any golf balls, thank goodness

The deer is blurry but you get the idea 😂
Jen (graduate’s mom) has
Royal Icing Cookie Skills

Happy Birthday to my Brother David

Wishing you a happy birthday, David .

Love, Ruthie

Playing a song for you today

On our dad’s lap Montclair NJ in 1955

An old pic from Twisp WA in Hank’s Market

June 12, 2014

– from the archives Pittsburgh PA June 12, 2014

252-inch tall sculpture A Turn of the Century by J. Seward Johnson, which is a three-dimensional interpretation of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s 1883 painting Dance at Bougival.

Click here to tour Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton NJ where the sculpture is now

I’ve blogged this sculpture twice already 2014. 2020

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Birthday Bouquets for Partygoers

And Flowers Pittsburgh is a local small business. Thursday evening I met Karen Toole, who along with a team of seven, arranged more than 75 bouquets of colorful flowers for the occasion!

Everyone got to take home a pretty bouquet that adorned my friend’s birthday celebration.

I learned you can host a flower arranging party for 5-10 friends or attend a floral design class in their studio.

Karen Toole of And Flowers Pittsburgh
A party favor of flowers
Gorgeous flowers
Guests leaving with bouquets in white bags.
How about this gift of jacket for my friend? Happy Birthday Nancy
What a lovely birthday cake

Meet The Faucet Doctor

Specializing in obsolete parts!

Clifford IS The Faucet Doctor.

He refurbished our decrepit spigot/faucet and now we have water without a leak! After two days of having the water turned off in the house, we are eternally grateful for his expertise.

Amazing. Miraculous, if you ask me.

When your home is 100 years old, it’s hard to find replacement parts. Steve found the Faucet Doctor and replacement parts weren’t a problem.

He just kept the part overnight, and by noon the next day? Voila! it’s like brand new. Steve put it in place and he turned the water back on. I was able to run the dishwasher, start the washing machine and take a shower. Hooray! Thank you Faucet Doctor.

A really cool invention of his.
He even demonstrated how it works.
I should have taken notes.
Hope he files for that patent.
Nobody doesit better!!
Tucked away in Braddock Hills, just a 17 minute drive from my old house
to The Faucet Doctor.
Happy the leak has been resolved!