blossoms – Ruth E. Hendricks

The Iris are in Bloom

April 18, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: blossoms, garden, iris, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, rain, Spring, weather 14 Comments

Hellebores Past and Present

This winter’s snow was not kind to my Lenten Roses. (Hellebores)

Previous Februarys

March 1, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: blossoms, flowers, garden, Hellebores, Lenten Roses, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, winter 6 Comments

Garden Colors

When I was going around my yard (after having been away for more than a week) I photographed all the flowers,

Was I surprised when I saw a baby deer, hidden in the bushes at the corner of my house. I learned that the mothers leave them and then return to get them. Steve saw a big deer in the backyard yesterday. I hope the little fawn got reunited with its mom.

May 27, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: blossoms, colors, flowers, garden, photography, postaday 13 Comments

Old Fashioned Weigela

That’s what this flowering shrub is named. I didn’t make it up. This bush grows along the driveway and the blossoms are quite lovely.

Old Fashioned Weigela. Sometimes it has a hyphen between old and fashioned.

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: blossoms, flowering shrub, garden, neighborhood, old fashioned Weigela, photography, postaday, Spring, Weigela 10 Comments

There are still the purple ones to come

The iris were just starting to bloom

May 3, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: blossoms, garden, iris, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, rain, weather 3 Comments

Cascade of Blossoms

March 27, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: blossoms, flowering trees, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, Spring, tree 7 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

Lenten Roses in bloom
these plants are from my friend Joan’s Garden

“Lenten rose (Helleborus x hybridus) is not a rose; it’s a perennial hybrid hellebore belonging to the buttercup family”

March 7, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: blossoms, flowers, garden, Hellebore, Lent, Lenten Roses, perennial, photography, plants, postaday 7 Comments

Spring Snow Effect on Blossoms

Taken less than a week apart -the same two trees.

In front of the Church Brew Works first photo on right. After the snow effects on the left

March 31, 2022 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: blossoms, Church Brew Works, city scene, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, snow, Spring, trees 5 Comments

Redbud in Bloom

Eastern Redbud in bloom at sunset. Planted in my backyard by a friend, as a memorial to my parents.

It was their favorite tree. The blossoms cover the whole of the branches.

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: backyard memorial, blossoms, Eastern Redbud, parents, Pittsburgh PA, redbud tree, Spring, tree, tribute 8 Comments

Bridal-Wreath Spiraea in Bloom

Cascades of white blossoms, like water spilling over the falls. This week the Spiraea is in full bloom.

“Spiraea prunifolia, commonly called bridalwreath spirea, is a species of the genus Spiraea, sometimes also spelled Spirea. It flowers mid-spring, around May 5th, and is native to Japan, Korea, and China. It is sometimes cultivated as a garden plant elsewhere. WikipediaScientific name: Spiraea prunifolia”

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: blossoms, bridal wreath, flowering bush, flowers, HIghland Park, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Spiraea, Spring 9 Comments

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Cascade of Blossoms

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