March 2016 – Page 2 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Missing Degas by a Day

Dance Dance Dance
The Dancers. All those ballerinas. I had a framed print on my childhood wall.
I’m visiting my sister but Wednesday we’re headed to family in Ohio.
On Monday at MOMA, I read signs of the Edgar Degas exhibit which previews the day we leave the city-glimpses of what I’d miss were represented in the gift shop.

Degas dancers on bookmarks,stationery, prints to be framed, journals, magnets, a children’s book. Not a mug in sight!

The entrance to the exhibit, cordoned off until tomorrow for members.

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: art, ballerina, ballet, dance, Edgar Degas, family, gift shop, MOMA, monotypes, museum, New York City, photography, postaday, travel 7 Comments

Full Moon Through NYC Window

It was a beautiful shot. I just couldn’t capture it adequately through the glass.

March 22, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: available light, Freedom Tower, full moon, New York City, night photography, photography, postaday 13 Comments

John Patrick is 9

Here’s your birthday post, Jack.

Happy Birthday Jack!

9 is fine!

Dear Jack,

Have a great day! I hope your present came in the mail. I’ll see you very soon.

Love from your Grandma, FF Ruthie

p.s. If you want to see your past blog posts, here are a few

Jack Runs to First Base and Guest Blogs

Jack’s Sock Monkey Tie

May 2015

Eight is Great

March 21, 2016March 20, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: birthday, family, grandson, happy birthday, photography, postaday 16 Comments

Wagonful of Grass on Grove Street

Wagon full is Wagonful. I looked it up.

Grove Street near Bleecker in the West Village, New York City. I hope they add some eggs.

How about that wagon?

March 19, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: childhood, grass, New York City, photography, postaday, sidewalk, Spring, Street Master, wagon, West Village 12 Comments

How One Letter Changes the Message

Philadelphia. Walnut Street.

March 19, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: humor, language, message, photogaphy, signage, travel, urban scene 18 Comments

Pop des Fleurs -Pittsburgh- Guest Blog

My friend Roberta saw this colorful display in front of the Carnegie Library in Oakland and sent me these photos. I didn’t get to see them in person but I’m pretty sure I saw some blooms being created at the Knit and Crochet Festival.

Pop, is right! Although the real flowers are beginning to come up, this art installation brightens up the city.

Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh says, “Pop des Fleurs is an outdoor installation planned for the winters of 2015 and 2016, designed to bring delight and color during the dark season through handmade, pop-up flower gardens”

Thanks for sharing Pop des Fleurs on the blog today.

How about the close-up of these gorgeous sunflowers?

March 17, 2016 by Ruth Categories: ArtTags: art installation, Carnegie Library, community, crafts, crochet, Fiberarts Guild Pittsburgh, garden, Knit the Bridge, knitting, Pittsburgh PA, Pop des Fleurs 19 Comments

Front Porch Still-Life at Dusk

Reblogged From March 2010 -if you’ve followed since the start, you remember this photograph
Old seltzer bottles, a birdcage, the texture of the wicker, some stained glass at dusk.
J’s front porch with the sun sinking behind. Condensation inside the old glass, the metal tops. Artists usually arrange inanimate objects to create a still-life to paint or draw. This was already there, waiting.

But then it is an artist’s house.
Still Life, a grouping of inanimate objects arranged in a pleasing composition

Setting sun through old turquoise and plain glass seltzer bottles