February 2024 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Personal Poem by Artist Iz Horgan in Response to a Loss

I follow the Instagram account of artist Iz Horgan. She posted this on her link and I filled out the form about an object I’d lost in the late eighties. I wrote and asked for permission to post about her project and she graciously agreed.

Click the above link if you want to participate

And then in my snail mail box I received a personal poem on a postcard in response to my describing my lost object -a gold necklace with a band of tiny pearls holding the two ropes strands together

What a day brightener. Thank you Iz for your thoughtful response and your beautiful art postcard.

February 29, 2024 by Ruth Categories: Photography, poetryTags: art, artist, instagram, Iz Horgan, loss, luck, photography, poetry, postaday, watercolor, writing 8 Comments

Hat in 1910 Photo

I wonder if my grandmother purchased her hat in this Millinery parlor in Rockford Illinois which had an ad in her 1906 high school yearbook.

Maternal Grandmother Charlotte Rowley Van Sickle and my Uncle John Rowley Van Sickle 1910

An ad in the 1906 Rockford High School Yearbook

I found this information (503?) on the store and there’s a photo but I don’t have permission to post it. It’s worth seeing but you’d have to Click this link to see “Photograph depicting Eckholm Hats at 503 E. State Street. This millinery shop was owned and operated by the Eckholm sisters, Ester M. and Sophie T. The woman standing in the doorway is probably one of the sisters but is unidentified.”

February 28, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Eckholm Milliners, family, grandmother, high school yearbook, milliners, photography, postaday, Rockford Illinois, Throwback Thursday 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

February 27, 2024 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wordless WednesdayTags: breakfast, diner, eggs, PacMan, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, wordless wednesday 11 Comments

Garden Gnome in Moss

Saturday afternoon I found this little garden gnome staring at me as I walked by to photograph the discarded couch. Yard art. Garden art. It looked like he was holding a stem of the vegetation in his right hand.

February 26, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city scene, garden art, gnome, moss, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, walk, Yard Art 12 Comments

It’s an Upright for a Change

Two discards in a week. One in Columbus Ohio but this one was right in my neighborhood. A couple of daily blog followers alerted me via text to the location of this upended couch. I walked to the spot, shot a few photos. It was 26 degrees outside so I didn’t linger. I loved that they saw abandoned furniture and thought of me.

February 25, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: abandoned furniture, city, couch, discard, garbage, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, weather 8 Comments

Silent Sunday

February 24, 2024 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: garden, Hellebores, Lenten Roses, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, silent Sunday, snow, weather, winter 5 Comments

Pierogies in Pittsburgh

When I moved to Pittsburgh in 1989 I didn’t know what a Pierogies was let alone taste one!

I heard it was dough with potato inside ( yes, there are other fillings ) and at the time the description didn’t appeal to me.

Things have changed.

One year I made them from scratch at Christmas but now buy them from the Polish deli or a church in Lent or the freezer case at the market. If you feel ambitious here is a recipe .

I’ve at least four blog posts tagged Pierogies prepared in various ways.

Pierogies filled with potatoes and cheese sautéed in butter and onions

February 23, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: food, kitchen, onions, photography, pierogies, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 16 Comments

Do you know a Numismatist?

“Numismatics is the study of coins and other currency units and is usually associated with the appraisal and collection of rare coins.” Investopedia

The music teacher at the Community Center sported this t. Her son is collecting snd studying coins. Pp

Numismatist“Numismatists study the physical attributes of the payment media rather than the use and function in an economy. The term numismatics is often used interchangeably with the coin collection, though it connotes more intensive study than just simply collecting coins. It could be said that all numismatists are coin collectors, but not all coin collectors are numismatists.” Investopedia

I know a casual coin collector.

This collection of quarters belongs to my grandson

February 23, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: coin collector, Coins, Columbus OH, currency, money, numismatist, photography, postaday, quarters, t shirt 9 Comments

Teachers in 1906 Yearbook

From my Grandmother Charlotte Rowley Van Sickle’s Rockford High School Annual 1906. I started reading the faculty pages of my grandmothers high school yearbook. I noticed none of the women were married.

And then I went to Find- a -Grave Memorial Search.

Miss Flora Eddy was the head of the local Woman’s Suffrage movement I don’t know what subject she taught, though.