April 2012 – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Weekly Photo Challenge: Together

Maura and Aunt Laura (otherwise known as Lala to her nieces and nephews) working together on a game or a photo on Laura’s phone.

Dictionary.com defines together – (tuh-geth-er) adverb-

#2 proximity, closeness or collision

#3 into or in relationship, association, business or agreement

#4 to consider collectively

And 99 fellow bloggers have posted their Weekly Photo Challenge: Together photographs.

So many different interpretations for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Together

And Flat Ruthie on Cardboard Me Travels posted a Weekly Photo Challenge: Together

April 29, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: aunt, available light, Columbus OH, family, games, Godddaughter, Godmother, iPhone, kitchen, kitchen table, niece, photography, postaday, relationships, together, weekly photo challenge, Weekly photo challenge: Together 37 Comments

General Grant’s 190th Birthday Party

We have interesting friends. Here’s a creative celebration Steve and I went to on Saturday night. What a fun event. Here are a few of the details. Hardtack crackers and dried black-eyed peas. The sheet music for Tenting Tonight on the piano. Photographs and books bearing the General’s likeness. A willingness to celebrate and have fun. A Prantl’s cake with five candles for his rank. I made Rice Pudding after reading that it was a favorite on the Presidents’ Food Timeline. Thanks Tim and Bernadette for being such welcoming hosts. We had a wonderful time!

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April 28, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, PhotographyTags: 5 star general, American President, available light, birthday cake, Birthday Party, Civil War, eating and drinking, flag, food, front porch, history, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, rice pudding, Ulysses Grant, vintage, West Point 9 Comments

Price Bennett- Street Musician on Liberty Ave

Price Bennett appears

Monday- Fridays Smithfield Street/Downtown

Friday and Saturday Night- Carson Street/South Side

Saturday Daytime Strip District

and he gave me his email if you wish to contact him

pricebennett38@yahoo.com

I watched him lick his finger and and slide it across the head of the drum. In this article they call it a moose call.

Read about it here -all about Conga drums.

April 28, 2012April 27, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Music, PhotographyTags: art, available light, city scene, conga drum, downtown, music, performance, photography, Pittsburgh, Price Bennett, sidewalk, street musician, travel 4 Comments

17 Years in the Making – There are Rules to Follow

1. No styrofoam in the center is allowed. Has to be a rubber band core.

2. You have to find the rubber band or be given a rubber band.

Rubber is heavy. Like a medicine ball. I was surprised by the weight of it.

This ball is so large that the newspaper rubber bands can’t fit around it. A chef donates his escarole rubber bands. Mr. Laszlo Zongor has taught a couple of young people how to start a rubber band ball the correct way.

I believe there are other rules but I can’t remember and he said to not misquote him!!

In Pittsburgh, rubber bands are called gum bands by many!

And yes, I looked it up and there is a guy who claims he has the real deal biggest authentic rubber band ball that he has stretched each band onto, individually. My friend E at work has a ball she started 11 years ago! She said she had started to buy the lettuce, pre washed in a bag and wasn’t getting those nice big fat Romaine bands lately.

I wish I had asked what motivated them to start making the rubber band ball……………….and then the commitment to “growing it”.

And a P.S. from Melinda (his wife) after viewing the post

“I think the last rule you forgot was that the rubber bands cannot be lengthened by tying one to another – each band has to fit entirely around the ball on its own. That’s the challenge at this point: finding bands that are long enough, since most will no longer work. ….Makes it somewhat self-limiting in size!”

Not sure who checks if one is following the rules but wanted to include it, since I forgot!

April 27, 2012April 28, 2012 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Bedford PA, collections, entertainment, gum bands, hobby, Laszlo Zongor, photography, postaday, rubber, rubber band ball, rubber bands, sports, travel 13 Comments

Jurassic Pittsburgh

April 26, 2012April 25, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, What I Saw on the Way to SchoolTags: Birmingham Bridge, bridge, demolition, dinosaur, excavator, Fifth Avenue, heavy equipment, housing, machinery, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, preservation, traffic, travel 12 Comments

Novelty Architecture-Bedford PA- The Coffee Pot

I imagine this scene has been captured thousands and thousands of times by passersby like myself.

And if you enjoy looking at the Coffee Pot there are plenty more structures to read about here

April 25, 2012April 24, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, vintageTags: architecture, Bedford PA, Bert Koontz, Fairgrounds, gas station, historic route, history, humor, Lincoln Highway, Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, novelty architecture, Pennsylvania, photography, postaday, Route 30, The Coffee Pot, travel, vintage 10 Comments

Dunkle’s Gulf Station-Bedford, PA

This Gulf Station has been photographed thousands of times, but I was a tourist in Bedford, PA this past weekend and I joined the throngs and snapped a picture even though there was no blue sky or inhabitants. What I would have liked to photograph is Mr. Dunkle if he is available, have a conversation. Next trip. If you want to see other photos of the same spot check out this site

April 24, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, TravelTags: architecture, Art Deco, Bedford PA, design, Dunkle's Gulf, filling station, gas station, gasoline, Gulf Station, Heritage, Lincoln Highway, photography, polychrome tile, postaday, terra cotta, travel, vacation 5 Comments

Bedford, PA- Home of the National Museum of the American Coverlet

Laszlo Zongor explains the system of Jacquard Loom(see below) and the punched holed cards, each card a single line of weaving.

A two hour drive from Pittsburgh. My book club had a fun and memorable getaway weekend trip. We stayed at the Historic Bedford Resort.

Sunday, Joan and I went to see the National Museum of the American Coverlet– housed in a beautiful Historic Common School. A coverlet is a woven bed cover, although there were some floor coverings, too. The coverlets display changes every four months. We learned a lot about the history of the coverlets with our knowledgeable guide explaining the differences. The last photos are of the gift shop where you can purchase reproductions of the antique designs and fabric for quilters.

from the National Museum of the American Coverlet

The Museum and Museum Shop are open daily, year round.
Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is $6 ($5 for age 60 and over). Kids under 12 are free. Group rates available.