May 2012 – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Aaron Meyers Sets Up Exhibition (Voice of rational being) at UnSmoke Artspace

After school on Wednesday, I drove to Braddock. Directly across from the Edgar Thomson USS Mill is an old Catholic school building that’s been transformed into a spacious art gallery. UnSmoke Artspace.

This Friday night (May 11th 6-9PM) is the opening of (Voice of rational being) An exhibition featuring the works of Aaron Meyers and Justin Sorensen.

I was fortunate to spend an hour or so watching Aaron set up some of his work and followed him around, shooting and talking and only once did he ask me to hold a plank while he drilled into the brick wall so I wasn’t too useful. He was gracious and explained his exploration of materials and how he had transported the art in a truck and what his performance would be during the exhibit.

One thing that struck me is how Aaron inquired about my teaching at school AND about what my blog is about. So although I was there for the purpose of photographing him and his art, he expressed interest in what I do and it was an easy exchange. Aaron has empathy and understanding for the teaching as his mom and I are colleagues. He told me how almost every school he attended in the city is now closed.

photo-81 — 1137 Braddock Avenue, Braddock UnSmoke Artspace

May 10, 2012May 17, 2012 by Ruth Categories: ArtTags: (Voice of rational being), Aaron Meyers, architecture, art, art exhibition, art installation, Braddock PA, Bucknell University, existentialist, Justin Sorensen, performance art, photography, Rhode Island School of Design, sculpture, steel mill, travel, UnSmoke Artspace 7 Comments

Google Pittsburgh

When we first lived in Pittsburgh and Matthew played baseball in Mellon Park across the street from Bakery Square we could smell the aroma of baking. Crackers, cookies, it was the NABISCO Factory built in 1918. Bakery Square has been “repurposed” as they say. And GOOGLED.

There’s a Coffee Tree that opens at 5:30 AM. for the early birds.

And a close-up crop of the Google flag.

May 9, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Pittsburgh Photos, SignageTags: architecture, bakery, Bakery Square, city, Coffee Tree, cookies, crackers, East Liberty, google, Nabisco, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh Photographer, Pittsburgh Photos, postaday, preservation, restoration, travel 11 Comments

Meeting of the Sock Monkey Minds /Solving WordPress Email Deluge!

Four sock monkeys I made, set up, waiting for the kids to come home and find them (from Easter visit to grandchildren)
When I looked at the photo, I thought of meetings, meetings, meetings…….table the motion and I move to adjourn-
Do I hear a second?

second part for my blogging friends who experienced a deluge of email in their box. See Chicago John’s public service announcement

or it could be a WordPress meeting!

Monkey 1″Hey, let’s flood people’s inboxes with a ton of emails, every time they write a comment or reply on a post”

Monkey 2 “Yes, let’s check the box for them without their realizing it so they get emails and more emails and more emails. Imagine if a blogger gets twenty comments. And then a commenter replies, or the blogger replies, too. YIKES
Multiply that cause each commenter will now receive an email. Wow, it is like a math problem. Can even get almost to infinity in an inbox!”

Monkey 3 “We might get a ton a email ourselves over in support!”

Monkey 4 ” We had better fix this problem at WordPress NOW as our loyal bloggers and their readers are not happy!!” : – (

May 8, 2012May 8, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, Family, photo of the dayTags: childhood, comments, crafts, email inbox flooding, humor, photography, postaday, replies to comments, sock monkeys, stitching, toys, wordpress support 17 Comments

Sunday Supper, James Roasts Corn in Embers

May 7, 2012May 7, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, Family, GardenTags: Columbus OH, family, food, photography, postaday, travel, vegetarian 16 Comments

Anna, Her Best Friend, A Special Day

Just before we left for the church, Anna stood with Murphy.

He was sad he didn’t get to go in the car for a ride.

Friends and family gathered in to celebrate Anna making her First Holy Communion at St. Patrick’s, Columbus OH

I’m a proud grandma.

Communion 054 — Just before going into the church to line up. Quiet contemplation

May 5, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Airedale Terrier, Airedale Terrier and Friend, Childhood, Family, PhotographyTags: airedale terrier, available light, cake, celebration, childhood, family, First Holy Communion, Holy Communion, photography, postaday, St. Patrick's Columbus OH, travel 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unfocused

Our family friend Ben assists my grandson Jack AKA Superman

May 4, 2012December 19, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wedding Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: childhood, Columbus OH, Laura and James, photography, postaday, Superman, unfocused, wedding, weekly photo challenge 22 Comments

Peda in the Indian Grocery Case

Took this photograph when I was in NYC on Spring Break and my sister was shopping in the Indian Grocery shop.

Here is a recipe for the sweet peda. Flavored with cardamon. It is made with khoya – “semi-solid thickened milk” One post said it is similar to ricotta cheese texture but I haven’t made it and would like to know and the recipe says to “grate the khoya” so that doesn’t possible if it is similar to ricotta. Not enough research but hope someone will comment and fill in the gaps. I was attracted to it in the case and I shot through the glass.

May 4, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, Light in the CityTags: cardamon, dessert, eating and cooking, food, grocery, Indian dessert, Indian food, indian grocery shop, khoya, milk-based dessert, peda, postaday, recipe, sweets, travel, White Peda 9 Comments

Yoga Facing North

At the David Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown Pittsburgh

The Farm to Table Conference back in March-

This image has a lot of lines. You can see Allegheny General Hospital.And a bit of the Allegheny River with all the buildings on the other side of the span.

May 3, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Pittsburgh Photos, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Allegheny River, exercise, Farm to Table Conference, fitness, health, line, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, travel, yoga, yoga class 8 Comments

Buildings Demolished- A Sign Discovered

Converted to black and white to accompany this discovery.

A bit of research on the web and I found the photograph of the Fiore Family in their Larimer Meat Market.

I drove by just before sunset and was surprised to find some buildings missing. The ground covered with hay. And then I spied this wonderful sign. What a gift. Larimer used to be densely populated with Italian immigrants but this area is fairly desolate now. Vacant lots were restaurants and shops used to be. There are still homes in the area but lots of spaces in-between of what used to be there. About a mile from my house.

Only the automobiles in the photo give it a date. TODAY.

I hope some of their descendants find this post and write a comment.

copied and pasted from a Google Search.

May 2, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh Photos, vintageTags: 1930, architecture, brick wall, butcher, cars, city, demolition, Fiore's Meats, history, Italian American, italian immigrants, Larimer Avenue, meat, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, preservation, sidewalk, signage, travel, vacant lot, vintage 9 Comments

Tugboat Pushes Barges on the Mon

Shot through a chain-link fence.

I was in the passenger seat and I had my camera out. The 70-200 lens.

We were headed to the wedding reception from McKeesport to Greentree. (Lots of double ee)

Crossing the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge. A truss bridge.

And there was a tugboat pushing filled barges on the Monongahela. (Monongahela means “Falling Banks”)

Pushed the shutter and shot shot shot as fast as I could, no chance to change settings. Lucked out with the cables on the edge and the gull in flight. The chain link fence gives the photo a soft haze and fuzz to the sharpness.

I’d asked my friend to drive a little more slowly but everything whizzes by when you are moving and it was unrealistic to go slow on the bridge. Couldn’t have done it if I were driving as there was no place to pull over. It was a squeeze.

and might as well show you the failed shots, the ones with the bridge cables, the blocking the view, the actual fence.

Photography can be exasperating. You would like to get it right.

There was no time for a turnaround, rerun, do-over.

It was the one shot that worked. Lucky day. Oh yes, at least three below that didn’t.

May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: architecture, available light, barges, coal, McKeesport Bridge, Mckeesport Duquesne Bridge, Monongahela River, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, river, trains, transportation, truss bridge, tugboat 8 Comments

Month: May 2012

Aaron Meyers Sets Up Exhibition (Voice of rational being) at UnSmoke Artspace

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Google Pittsburgh

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