November 2024 – Ruth E. Hendricks

So Big

Roy backs up against the wall as James makes a pencil mark with the date.

November 30, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: childhood, Columbus OH, dog, family, height, measurement, photography, postaday 8 Comments

Windmill Cookies are Spiced as Speculaas

You can make your own Speculaas spice mix at home, too. ‘Tis the season

Here’s the recipe

Here’s the history of Speculaas. In Germany they are called Spekulatius

St.Nicholas Day is coming Friday December 6th.

These are Steenstra’s Almond St. Claus Windmill Cookies from Michigan. I bought them at Weiland’s Market in Clintonville. Columbus Ohio.

You can read about the St.Nicholas legend and the significance of each shape here

https://www.stnicholascenter.org/how-to-celebrate/resources/recipes/cookies/steenstras-cookie-legend#:~:text=Dutch%20speculaas%20cookies%20became%20known,natural%20ingredients%20and%20no%20preservatives.

November 29, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Columbus OH, cookies, food, photography, postaday, recipe, Speculaas, Spekulatius, spice mix, St.Nicholas, Windmill Cookies 4 Comments

Stroller at the Curb and the Grinch

November 29, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Christmas lights, Clintonville, Columbus OH, curb, family, Grinch, neighborhood, photography, postaday, sidewalk, stroller 9 Comments

My Friends’ Front Steps and their Neighbor

November 27, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: autumn, front steps, leaves, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 11 Comments

Retrieved the little turkey figures in the China cabinet and added two chocolate foil covered birds I purchased in Bloomfield Groceria this morning. Then I remembered the Three Crowns German Turkey Plate dated from the 1930-40s. Added a little fruit to the mix.

November 26, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: decor, holiday, photography, postaday, thanksgiving, turkeys 18 Comments

My Sister Prepares to Make Cranberry Relish

Mary sent me this photo.

Getting ready for Thanksgiving.

One year our Mother gave each of us a grinder. I use the good processor these days

Here’s a recipe for no-cook Cranberry Relish you want to use less sugar than this recipe though.

November 25, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cranberry relish, food, food grinder, guest blog, photography, postaday, thanksgiving 16 Comments

The Big Basket Slated to Become Luxury Hotel – 3 views

Newark, Ohio at sunset.

Sunday November 17th.

I was a passenger while Maura drove my car back to Columbus from Pittsburgh. Getting some good highway driving practice before her driving test. And I can take a few photos from the passenger seat.

Although maplewood Longaberger Baskets went out of business in 2018, the basket building is a beloved icon of architecture.

“Its former corporate headquarters on Ohio’s State Route 16 is a local landmark known as the “Big Basket”.Built to resemble the company’s top-selling product, the “Medium Market Basket”, the seven-story edifice is a well-known example of ^{novelty architecture. “}^Wikipedia

This article says the basket building will become a luxury hotel.