March 2025 – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Folding a Load of Towels

Folding a load of towels can be satisfying. Bath towels, hand towels, beach towels, dish towels, washcloths. There are many ways to fold towels.

When I’m visiting my daughter I ask her to remind me how she folds her towels so I can replicate her method.

They need to fit on the linens shelf the way she’s accustomed to. Linen closet space might determine your preference.

I fold mine differently at home.

Do you think there’s a right way? A proper way? Do you fold/roll towels the way your mother did? Do you think about why you have a preference? Do your towels look like you’re in a fancy hotel or spa?

Here’s an article on Five Ways to Fold Towels

And there’s also the debate whether to Fold or Roll. Which is better?

Marta Stewart shows a Trifold Bath Towel in this 30 second video

Here’s Judi the Organizer rolling a bath towel

https://youtu.be/ALfdTr0nUE8?si=ZCCHV2Lk9z0T4v93

and the KonMari Nethd. Thank you dc for the addition

https://konmari.com/what-is-konmari-method/ <https://konmari.com/what-is-konmari-method/>

There’s Towel Art but that’s for a future post.

March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bath towel, Columbus OH, family, folding towel, home, Laundry, linen closet, load of towels, photography, postaday, rolling towel, towels, travel, video 17 Comments

Coffee Ice Cream

Ever since that Howard Johnson vintage ad post, I’ve had the thought of a coffee ice cream cone in the back of my mind.

Look what my dear daughter Laura brought home from the grocery store last night. Just the right amount. There was even a tiny paddle spoon in the lid.

Just 3.6 Fl ounces 210 calories if you’re counting

March 10, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: coffee ice cream, Columbus OH, family, flavor, ice cream, photography, portion control, postaday, travel 20 Comments

Hint of Spring Report

Winter jacket and hat before putting on helmet in the morning chilly Sunny afternoon. Sweatshirt no hat just helmet

March 9, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, WeatherTags: balance bicycle, childhood, Columbus OH, Crocus, family, flowers, photography, postaday, scooter, seasons, Spring, winter 8 Comments

Silent Sunday

My paternal Grandmother’s embroidery. Wishing my friend Vincie a Happy Birthday today

March 9, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: embroidery, friendship, grandmother, photography, postaday, sampler 17 Comments

Baked Rice Pudding and Classic 1920s Orange Cookies after Lunch 0ut

We’d been out for a fancy lunch celebrating our friend Donna’s birthday. I’d taken small lunch bags with a few orange cookies as “party favors”

We received the gift of homemade rice pudding perfectly baked by friend Margaret L. She brought it in a bag with ice packs. What a great “party favor”. Delicious. Reminds me of childhood. Thank you for this gift.

A peach paired nicely with the creamy pudding

Classic 1920s Orange Drop Cookies recipe

I added 1/2t of Orange Extract in addition to the zest and juice called for in the recipe

Here’s the Grand Concourse where we dined.

Former train station turned into fancy dining

March 7, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, PhotographyTags: birthday celebration, friendship cookies, Grand Concourse, orange cookies, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, recipe, rice pudding 14 Comments

Mourning Dove Pair

All about Mourning Doves

Such a recognizable sound. This pair was on the neighbors’ roof list this morning. Unfortunately the snow flurries blowing don’t show up in this photo. They mate for life and are monogamous.

A visit from a mourning dove is thought to be “ ….positive sign, symbolizing peace, hope, and a message of love and comfort”

Mourning Dove call

March 6, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Birds, PhotographyTags: bird call, birds, Mourning Dove, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, weather 16 Comments

Identifying Marks on a Photo’s Back

My Grandfather’s Sister Jessie

Jessie Margaret Van Sickle, born 1878 passed in 1904, my maternal Grandfather’s sister. She is his only sibling who made it to adulthood. She was studying the singing of opera from what I’ve heard.

“died of consumption” it says on the Find-A-Grave post.

The flounce of her dress appears to be 3D as it escapes the mat

Barely legible but I’m grateful for the pencil notes

March 5, 2025March 6, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1904, ancestors, family, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, van sickle, vibtsge 14 Comments

Fading

When I was digging around in a box in the basement, looking for items to donate, I found my old Sink Poem. I took it out of the dusty glass frame to photograph, cleaned the glass and reinserted the parchment. I’ve typed it as the poem is fading.

Sink Poem

When you dump your glass in here,

Who will find it later, dear?

When you soak your pan or pot

Did you stop to give a thought?

Who will have to stay up late

When you leave your bowl or plate?

Who will rinse and wash and dry

I wonder who?

I wonder why?

**Sink Poem**, written decades ago, before I resumed my surname.

March 4, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, poetryTags: calligraphy, dishes, fading, farmhouse sink, kitchen, photography, Poem, postaday, sink, washing dishes 16 Comments

Clementine Paddleford

Have you ever heard the name Clementine Paddleford ?

I’d never heard the name Clementine Paddleford (b.1897-d.1967) until I found it on a recipe tucked in an old cookbook.

Turns out she was an early food writer who was a pilot, flying all around the country in her Piper Cub plane, writing about the food discovered in different regions of America.

The recipe I found, tucked in Boston Cooking School Cookbook

Paddleford’s own book How America Eats (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1960) can be purchased but the least expensive price is $50

So I ordered a used book Hometown Eats written about her and learned a lot.

Hometown Appetites is a biography By Authors Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris include 55 recipes

A Paddleford quote in Saveur article (written by author Alexander)

“We all have hometown appetites,” Paddleford once said. “Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown they left behind.”

Here’s a screenshot of one of her cookbooks you can still get from Abe Books (this is not a link)

March 3, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cooking and eating, Cynthia Harris, food, food writer, Hometown Appetites, Kelly Alexander, photography, postaday, recipe 19 Comments

Do you an opinion on painted brick?

There are many brick homes in Pittsburgh. One house up the street has eleven different colors of brick but the brick is not painted- it’s the color of the brick.

Difficult to miss a structure of painted brick when it’s as bright as this color. I was walking after I dropped off Steve’s car.

Seems there is more negative than positive about painting brick. But you can stain it, lime wash it or use some special masonry paint.

One of the negatives-

“Trapped Moisture: …..brick is porous. This means it has tiny holes that allow moisture vapor to pass through in both directions, helping to regulate humidity and prevent moisture from being trapped within the walls. This is why brick is often referred to as a material that “breathes.” Painting it creates a barrier, trapping moisture inside the brick, which can lead to: ___________________From an Article the Dos and Don’ts of Painted Brick

This is the only example I have photographed. I’ll keep an eye out

https://youtu.be/3GHs6TcQiQQ?si=BdgLei0Q8zxXAmj1

News from dc. Added 8:14 3/1

And another addition to the painted brick building

March 2, 2025March 3, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: architecture, Bloomfield, brick industry, bricks, city scene, construction, masonry, neighborhood, painted brick, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 14 Comments

Month: March 2025

Folding a Load of Towels

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Hint of Spring Report

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Silent Sunday

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Fading

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