Author: Ruth

Retired from Pittsburgh Piblic Schools Visual Art/photography teacher, photographer, knitter, reader, cook,baker, poet, filmmaker, Grandmother, traveler, Friend,

Wordless Wednesday -a guest blog

Photographed by my daughter Laura in Columbus.
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They’re Back!

Steve captured their little heads popping up, waiting for breakfast. The Robin family renewed their lease this year.

They love the sleds hanging on the back wall of the garage.

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Hudson River View

From Whitney Museum window

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Remembering our Mother

John, Robert and Marian Van Sickle 1915
1918
Robert Marian and John
Back Left – Teacher one room school house
1939
1042 with my Dad holding my sister Mary
My mother holding me in Illinois 1953
1974
1976
My mother a grandma to Mark and Matthew in 1980. How about those couches?
1990
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Piano Man on Bleecker Street

We heard the piano music through the open window of my sister’s fifth floor apartment across the street. So when we were at street level, I snapped a few shots.

Sorry, no audio.

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Day and Night NYC

Freedom Tower
Drove my sister back home today. From Pittsburgh. It’s 368 miles
I never get tired of the view.
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At the Museum

Carnegie Museum of Art this afternoon with my sister Mary.

This huge sculpture was just inside the museum, opposite the entrance doors

Palettes of Ambition by El Anatsui
Close up
Cropped image to show the bottle caps
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25 Year Old Sloth at the National Aviary

On many visits to the National Aviary he’s just a big lumpy shadow at the top of a tree on a branch. Easily visible this morning, being fed breakfast

Video of sloth eating breakfast

patience.

He takes his time.

My sister and I went to the National Aviary this morning

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Candy Crush

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So many bridges in Pittsburgh – a guest blog

Thanks to Bill McCafferty for this sign.

His answer to the question:

“She walks across.”

WALK AND BIKE THE BURGH TOURS click for link

Definition of a Yinzer.

“A “yinzer” is a nickname for a native or resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who embodies the city’s culture, sports loyalty, and unique “[Pittsburghese]” dialect.”

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