Night lights in the city. Pittsburgh. Sunday night. Taken from the North Shore of the Allegheny.
Home Eggs
Home eggs. Thank you for gathering them and bringing them to us, Lizzie. So many possibilities.
Picklesburgh and the Strong Way Band
Steve and I drove downtown and found a free parking spot on Penn Avenue near the Heinz History Center. Now it seems petty to mention that we parked for free ( and walked a ways to the Picklesburgh Fest) but some places were charging fifteen bucks. Too much. Here’s a fact about pickles from the Picklesburgh Website
“PICKLE FACTS
AMERICANS CONSUME 26-BILLION PICKLES A YEAR, WHICH EQUALS NINE POUNDS OF PICKLES PER PERSON”
Our friend Roberta had invited us down to hear the music by Marc Reisman and the Strong Way Band who were to play at seven. The sound stage was on the North Side of the Roberto Clemente Bridge so we made our way through the beer lines and booths to get there. I asked a few people if I might photograph their pickle themed food or t-shirt and everyone was more than cooperative. In fact there was a sign about Photographic Consent which I had not seen before. If you got on the bridge and into the Picklesburgh Festival you were consenting to be photographed.
City Steps in Pittsburgh
”Pittsburgh has more public staircases (800+) than any city in the United States. The City’s steps connect communities and provide residents access to transit and other amenities” http://pittsburghpa.gov/
Garfield The Steps to Ft. Pitt School
Sidewalks can be steps, too.
Book by Bob Regan Photos by Tim Fabian 
St. Augustine in Late Day Sun
St. Augustine in late day sun. Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Taken from the 40th Street Bridge.
Four Dead in Ohio – Guest Blog from Kent State
Four dead in Ohio. Kent State May 4, 1970.
Sunday evening, Mark and Erika and the family drove back home to Columbus after spending the weekend in Pittsburgh.
These are the photographs Mark texted as he and his family visited the Kent State memorial site
Photo on right taken through the bullet hole in an iron sculpture
Mark said “very chilling.
The kids were disturbed by the whole story.
Complex,confusing.”
Greek to Me
Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet or the “representation of the angular position of a vector” in math.
Theta.
Tonight Steve suggested we eat at Penn Brewery as it’s my sister’s last night in Pittsburgh.
The appetizer order of onion rings revealed this symbol. 
City view from our table.
Still Life With Stuff in the House
My next door neighbor, who is an artist, suggested I put things together in my house, create a still life and photograph them.
I shot the flowers in the pottery vase the other day.
Here is today’s collection. 
More Family Came to Millvale to see the Show – Guest Blog
Thanks for all the good wishes in accomplishing nine years of blogging and starting year ten. I’ve posted 3,235 times which averages 359 times a year.
More family came to Millvale to see the People at Work show today which was really nice. They drove in from Virginia, Ohio and West Mifflin. We gathered back at my house for dinner.
And a photography classmate of mine came with his wife to Panza Gallery at the same time. Andrew Wagner and I took a few classes together at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. He’s a loyal blog follower, too, having photographed many similar subjects throughout his career- in FILM!
Andrew once said my blog was like a Kodak Carousel slide show and you never knew what the next slide would be. He offered to take a photo of the family at the gallery this afternoon and he took it on my camera so I have the photos right away. Thank you for coming and always being so supportive to me in my photography efforts.
Here are the photos Andrew took today.
Uncle Frank and Maura look at Vintage Car Restorer storyboard featuring Uncle Frank.
Photo credit to all three photos –Andrew Wagner
The First Post of the Tenth Year of Blogging
Today is the ninth year anniversary of blogging. The start of year ten. Yikes!
Almost every day. Sometimes every 36 hours instead of 24. The times when there was no internet access, the hard drive crashed, the time I fried the computer with a glass of beer, traveling or feeling unwell. Many days I found a way, made a way to get a photo posted, somehow.
A friend gave me this Campbell Pottery (of Crawford County Pennsylvania) vase with a little brass frog to hold the flower stems. It’s a beautiful work of art. Thanks Debbie.
Being part of the blogging community and getting to know fellow bloggers around the world is the best. We share thoughts, ideas and images that inspire and we encourage one another to keep on blogging.
Thank you readers, commenters, guest bloggers and those who click the “like” button and those who visit anonymously.
