Sky reflection in glass tabletop on my cousin Chris’ deck in Rockford Illinois The weekly challenge is
“Lasting only a short time”
Like life
Author: Ruth
Retired art/photography teacher (high school), photographer, knitter, reader, cook, poet, filmmaker, Grandmother
I can’t pronounce it, can you?
Colangelo’s Bakery and Cafe in the Strip District of Pittsburgh.
Sweet ricotta custard inside the flaky crust.
The City Responds
The mayor has a Response Center set up and you can call 311 and complain or report a situation that needs attention.
I’ve called about excessive litter at the base of the Duquesne Incline, a hornet nest on a city tree , a streetlight was out and needed to be replaced and last week I called about stop sign on Larimer Avenue that was blocked by tree branches snd it couldn’t be seen.
This morning I was driving to Zeke’s get coffee grounds for my house guests and look who was working hard to rectify the very problem I reported!
Meet John (everyone calls him Johnny)
Thank you for responding, John!
Views from Fineview
Fineview is certainly named appropriately. It is a fine view from this vantage point.
A neighborhood I’d not visited before…went there with a fellow artist J. on Saturday night. Pittsburgh from the North Side of the city.
Nobody Home
Seen on a walk in Lawrenceville
What’s in focus?
Focus. In focus Out of focus The weekly photo challenge.
It’s the purple cupcake in focus. Maura ready to devour it. She’s out of focus.
What Special Things Remind You of Your Dad?
So Many Possibilities
Reposted from Father’s Day 2011-so if you’ve been following me all this time, you’ve seen it before.
What My Dad Gave Me in 1986
There was a time when we lived in Kentucky and the kids were young, I used this Kitchen-Aid stand mixer almost everyday. It still works perfectly. I wanted this mixer so badly when we returned after living in Germany for 3 years. I don’t remember any color choice except white or off-white/almond? A couple of years ago I asked for a new beater as the old one’s coating had started to peel. The dough hook, the whisk like beater beats egg whites to stand in peaks in short order. All so useful and good. Laura was just turning three when he got it and now she’ll be 27 in a couple of months. I used to ask each child what kind of cake they wanted for their birthday. That year Laura asked for a “Piggy Cake” although I am not sure why. Mark asked for a State of Kentucky cake and Matthew a GI-Joe cake. Good thing my friend J and I took a class in Cake Decorating in Grafenwoehr!
I was thinking about what to post for Father’s Day this year to remember my dad. This gift from him has mixed a lot of cake batter and bread dough in our house. Last year I posted a slideshow of my dad’s life in a minute. This year I’m posting a photo of his generous present that’s been well used and appreciated.
He’s been gone almost nine years. Missing him everyday, not just today. What special things remind you of your father?
Update: It will be fifteen years my dad’s been gone- come October.
AND The Kitchen-Aid still works perfectly!
Delicious Lunch at The Vandal Lawrenceville
Guess it’s finally a Six Word Saturday for me
Delicious lunch at The Vandal Lawrenceville
Yep, 6.
Fresh mint lemonade. Greens on the side, fried chicken, chili honey, topped with carrot slaw on a brioche roll.
Alstroemeria
In a hammered aluminum pitcher and afternoon light.
Alstroemeria or Lily of the Incas
Sometimes you need to brighten up your surroundings
Mesmerized by a Crane
We sat down to lunch at North Star on High Street in Short North.
Construction was happening all around.
Charlie couldn’t take his eyes off the giant crane as he nibbled on his quesadilla.
Later when we headed back to Laura’s, he saw a cement mixture going round and round.
Mighty Machines The Canadian Public Television program is one of his favorites to watch but Tuesday he had a front row seat and didn’t need a TV.
