Ruth E. Hendricks

Not Exactly a Lap Dog

Oscar doesn’t know it, though.

August 14, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Columbus OH, dog, family, labradoodle, photography, postaday, recliner Leave a comment

Find a Subject You Know Nothing About

This container was in the Zanesville Convenient Store by the BP Station Exit 152 on Route 70. They had this cooler in the back by the rest rooms. Now I don’t fish but I have friends who do yet I know nothing about what bait they use.

Also what’s the difference between a premium night crawler and a Green One? This Columbus company (Columbus Wholesale Fishbait) states they are “convenient store specialists” and they even offer a vending machine for live bait, 24/7!

Night crawler (earthworms) click to read about them

August 13, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Columbus Ohio, fishing, live bait, night crawlers, photography, postaday, travel 1 Comment

National Aviary Visit

National Aviary Pittsburgh

August 12, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: birds, family, National Aviary, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 3 Comments

Anticipation on 21st Street

Waiting in the car about 6:30 AM Tuesday, I watched Steve come down the sidewalk with a couple of coffees from La Prima Espresso. What a great start to the day!

We’d just dropped off my sister Mary at the Amtrak Train Station. She was catching The Pennsylvanian to Moynihan Hall in New York City.

The Strip District.
St. Stanislaus in the background

August 11, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Coffee, PhotographyTags: Anticipation, coffee, La Prima Espresso, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Strip District, train 2 Comments

Drive By Night Game at PNC Park

Charlie (11) captured the night game as we entered the city Saturday night.

Pirates beat the NY Mets 9-0

August 10, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Baseball, bridge, city scene, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, PNC Park, postaday 1 Comment

Carnegie Library Extravaganza

Summer Reading Program celebration,Sunday 12-5.

The grandkids decorated Eat’N Park smiley cookies.

We took home lots of free books!

You could sign up for Dolly Partons
***Imagination Library*** program to get free books sent to your child birth to 5 years old

August 9, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: books, Carnegie Library, clown, family, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 8 Comments

“Reading Comics is Reading”

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) and Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University hosted the NCS Cartoonist Showcase Sunday August 8th in Columbus Ohio

Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, Jamar Nicholas, Jim Benton, Maria Scrivan

Dav Pilkey, Celebrating Neurodiversity and Creativity with the creator of “Dog Man” and “Captain Underpants”
Jim Benton, The Art of Being Funny
Maria Scrivan, Turning Awkward Moments into Awesome Stories
Jamar Nicholas, Heroes, Hamsters, and Big Problems
Raina Telgemeier, Drawing from Real Life

Raina Telgemeier signs her book **Expressing Feelings**

August 8, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: authors, cartoon, Columbus OH, comics, Dav Pilkey, Dog Man, family, graphic novels, illustrators, photography, postaday 11 Comments

Sparkly Pencils for Back to School

Just for fun. Photos by granddaughters Maura and Anna from our FaceTime call. Maura added a bit of sparkly nail polish to the mechanical pencil clips.