Bloomfield – Page 2 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Supporting Your Independent Bookstore and a Friend

October 11th, fellow blogger and friend, Audrey Kletscher Helbling, posted the news that her poem, “Funeral During a Pandemic” had been published in an award winning book- This Was 2020—Minnesotans Write About Pandemics and Social Justice in a Historic Year.

The collection was compiled by Paul Lai, a Ramsey County Librarian in Minnesota. If you click the link at “posted the news” above so you can see a photo of the beginning of her poignant poem.

There are 54 pieces of prose and poetry in the volume. I called the reference librarian at their library and was able to get the

ISBN# 9781087967622

I discovered the book could be ordered from your independent bookstore. So I did!

Here is a nearby independent bookstore, White Whale Bookstore (“a home for book lovers”) in Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh PA, just a few miles from my home. Today I went to pick up the book. I’m looking forward to reading it.

Hope you have an independent bookstore near you.

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by Ruth Categories: books, WritingTags: 2020, blogging, Bloomfield, book, Bookstore, Independent Bookstore, Minnesota Prairie Roots, Pittsburgh PA, Poem, poetry, Ramsey County Library, White Whale Bookstore 11 Comments

In Friendship Park

Right behind West Penn Hospital. This little green space,(white today) is between two neighborhoods Friendship and Bloomfield.

February 16, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Bloomfield, city scene, Friendship Park, Froendship, neighborhood, park, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, snow, weather, winter 7 Comments

Bicycle Seat in Bloomfield

February 11, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bicycle, Bloomfield, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, snow, winter 11 Comments

Winter Supper

Steve brought home a container of vegetable soup from Maria Merante’s which a block from his work. To turn it into a main course, I added a can of white cannellini beans, drained.

Added salt to boiling water and cooked a cup of penne pasta.

I placed the cooked pasta in the bowl first, poured the hot soup over and then added some Parmesan cheese.

It was fragrant and hearty on a chilly winter evening. Merante’s : celebrating all things Italian since 1983

January 11, 2021 by Ruth Categories: food, PhotographyTags: beans, Bloomfield, food, Merante’s, penne, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, vegetable soup 15 Comments

Moonrise Over the Bocce Court from 7-14-2011

One of my favorite evenings and images.

Originally posted 7-14-2011.

The Bocce Court underneath the Bloomfield Bridge.

From the archives.

July 23, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: archives, Bloomfield, Bocce, Little Italy, moon, moonrise, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday 6 Comments

Look What Steve Bought at Bloomfield Groceria

We were sad when a local neighborhood business on Cedarville Street, Groceria Italiana, closed their doors last summer..

But here’s the good news!

It has recently reopened as Bloomfield Groceria. It’s really close to Steve’s work so he picked up this wonderful ravioli and brought it home.

We are thrilled they are in business under new proprietors.

Especially after tonight’s dinner of their delicious Spinach and Cheese Ravioli. I sautéed baby spinach- you can see it peeking out underneath.

And I grated some fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano on top. I asked Steve if he could to pick up mushroom ravioli for dinner next week.

Here’s an Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article written by Bob Batz, Jr., about the new Bloomfield Groceria

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/neighborhood/2019/03/25/Bloomfield-Groceria-Italiana-Italian-grocery-store-Cedarville-Little-Italy-opens/stories/201808050006

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by Ruth Categories: foodTags: Bloomfield, Bob Batz Jr, cheese, cooking and eating, food, grocery, iPhone photography, Italian cooking, kitchen, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, postaday, ravioli, spinach 12 Comments

Silent Sunday

March 9, 2019March 10, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: angel, Bloomfield, BVM, city scene, Librrty Avenue, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, religious statues, sculpture, St. Michael, storefront, urban madonna 4 Comments

Bloomfield Halloween Parade

A gallery from Thursday evening’s Halloween Parade in the Bloomfield neighborhood, Pittsburgh PA. One officer said they expected a crowd of ten thousand lining the parade route down Liberty Avenue. It was chilly. The little ones dressed up in costumes, so cute, thrilled to catch candy and treats thrown from the convertibles and others walking. I saw lots of unicorns! All sizes.

October 26, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotographyTags: bagpipes, Bloomfield, firefighters, Halloween Parade, Knights of Columbus, Lions Club, Marching Band, music, neighborhood, night photography, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Police, postaday 8 Comments

Throwback Thursday Home Decor

Ceramic figurines seem to speak of yesteryear to me. People might have them in their homes but I wonder how recently they were purchased. Do people still buy these and put them on display? Dust them? I am fascinated by what people collect. Especially when I’m trying to pare down and reduce my “stuff”.

I’ve posted about Hummels and Lladros before. You’ve seen my Royal Doulton Beatrix Potter figurines and ceramic rabbits who knit. Perhaps you’ve inherited a ceramic figurine from a relative who has passed. One thing I know is this-my own grown up children don’t want any of the porcelain or China things I have in my glass door cupboards.

One this large can’t be classified a tchotchke, can it? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchotchke)

Urban dictionary says “look around your home and see what a robber probably would not steal.”

Liberty Avenue Window Display

June 27, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Bloomfield, ceramic figurine, Ceramics, collections, fine China, home decor, Hummels, Liberty Avenue, Lladros, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Porcelain, postaday, rabbits, retro, Tchotchke, Throwback Thursday, vintage, window display 13 Comments

Chocolate and Vanilla Twist

Weekly Photo Challenge: Twisted

I credit my daughter Laura with the idea of the twist cone for the weekly challenge.

I credit Steve with taking me to the Twisters Ice Cream on Main Street in Bloomfield, a little hole in the wall place with service at the window- only! As he waited in the car, I got out to order.

I credit the woman who made the medium size twist cone for me, who was gracious to hold it while I took an iPhone photo of it along with the logo on her T-shirt. I told her the word of the week was TWISTED.

And I give much credit to the few people who had to be patient to order their cones, splits and shakes, who waited while I took a few extra seconds to take my shot,

Eight years ago I photographed Twisters Ice Cream store at night and blogged it

Twisters

May 23, 2018 by Ruth Categories: food, PhotographyTags: Bloomfield, chocolate, ice cream, ice cream cone, Main Street, neighborhood, signage, soft serve, twist cone, twisted, Twisters Ice Cream, vanilla, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

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