BVM – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

South Philly Window July 2013

July 22, 2023 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: BVM, city scene, madonna, Philadelphia, photography, postaday, travel, window. South Philly 7 Comments

Silent Sunday

Samabor Croatia not quite 28 km from Zagreb.

**Cave of Our Lady of Lourdes** in Samabor

November 5, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: BVM, Cave of Our Lady of Lourdes, Croatia, Croatian, photography, postaday, Samabor, St. Joseph, travel 6 Comments

Silent Sunday

Thanks Laura for sending a photo of the picture at your home

Embroidery (no beads) at my friends home

The beaded art holy pictures and embroidery are stitched with loving hands and passion by my DIL’s Grandmother in Kyiv.

February 26, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: art, beaded art, BVM, DIL, embroidery, family, grandmother, holy pictures, Kyiv, silent Sunday 16 Comments

Urban Madonna

May 1, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: backyard, BVM, city scene, madonna, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, urban madonna, walking 6 Comments

Silent Sunday

June 30, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Berlin, Berlin Germany, BVM, candles, church, family, holy statue, madonna, Mother Mary, orchid, photography, postaday, prayer, ST.Matthias, travel, votives, Winterfeld Platz 7 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

This urban madonna is in the Lawrenceville neighborhood. I was dropping off a People at Work Show invitation to one of the men whose portrait will be exhibited. I had to park on a side street as there was a huge Road Closed sign on Butler Street. I parked, crossed the street and saw the white angels and Mary statue right in front of me. This city yard so tidy and green with lots of blessings from all the holy statues, indoors and out.

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June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh PhotographyTags: angels, BVM, city living, garden, holy statues, madonna, photography, postaday, urban madonna 11 Comments

Night Walk in Bloomfield

Neighborhood.

Steve and I were walking around Bloomfield Monday night. We grabbed a bite at Lot 17.

Bus on Friendship Ave in front of West Penn Hospital

Once I photographed this duo in the snow.A little Christmas tree with lights.

Did you ever play ItalyOpoly?Merante’s Store on Liberty Ave

Unretouched Photo of formerly St. Joseph Church now St. Maria Goretti . How about that pink?

Wooden bear outside Green Market carved by George. A Vietnam Vet.

March 5, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: architecture, available light, Bloomfield, BVM, chainsaw art, church, city, city scene, Lot 17, Merante’s, neighborhood, night photography, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, sidewalk, St. Maria Goretti, urban scene 4 Comments

Full of Grace

Graceful. The Weekly Photo Challenge

mother-mary-in-the-spring

If you’ve followed me you might recognize this image from a 2011 blog post of almost six years ago. Mother Mary- Springtime NYC

Mother Mary- Springtime NYC

Someone placed a bouquet in the crook of her arm. Today’s post remembers friend and poet Christina Murdock who passed one year ago today, a week short of her thirtieth birthday.

from Let it Be by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.