cars – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Consider the Gumball Machine

When’s the last time you saw one?

Monday morning I took Steve’s car to get some new tires before winter sets in. My friend V had told me about a Family owned tire business Laurel Gardens Tire Service Inc.

You wait about an hour while they mount the tires. There’s a TV on, pots of coffee. I knit on some socks. Right near me were some classic gumball and candy vending machines.

If I’ve seen a gumball machine in recent years, I don’t remember. They didn’t register in my brain. Can’t you just hear the sound the machine makes as you twist the knob and the gumball rolls down the metal chute. The flapping metal door?

Did you ever put in a coin, only to have the ball roll onto the floor as it exited the dispenser?

I sat there knitting, wondering who invented them. This type of machine has been around since about 1907.

No, I wasn’t tempted to put a coin in the slot.

Lots of choices. Lots of sun shining today.

Steve went to Goodyear Middle School in Akron Ohio. How about that cool Goodyear tire clock?

Oh yes, the new tires are great!

Note to knitters: Basic Ribbed Socks using Knittinbro Hand Dyed Yarn purchased at McWalker Yarns

November 1, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: candy, cars, clock, Goodyear, gum, gumball machine, knitting, Laurel Gardens, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, tires, vending machine 3 Comments

Coming and Going

I drove Steve to work today.

October morning.

Pulled over to capture the colors and the lights reflected by the magic of wet pavement.

October 29, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: autumn, cars, city scene, Friendship Avenue, headlights, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, taillights 5 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

June 6, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: car restoration, cars, chevy, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Uncle Frank, vintage car 6 Comments

Weathered Gallery

Krista Stevens at WordPress challenged bloggers to show the effects of time and the elements in a post – weathered

Okanogan WA

Berlin Germany

New York City Playground

Near Roanoke VA

Berlin Germany

Gainesville FL

snow covered car

Columbus OH

Millvale PA

Pittsburgh PA

Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA

Children’s Museum Pittsburgh

Home

Lawrenceville PA

Zagreb Croatia

Near Okanogan WA

Mallott WA

January 12, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: architecture, Berlin, cars, Columbus OH, Krista Stevens, New York City, playground, rain, rust, sculpture, snow, sun, vintage car, wall, weather, weekly photo challenge 38 Comments

Wet Pavement Magic

Weekly Photo Challenge: Shine

-Loved being in the passenger seat tonight while Steve drove home through the rain and wet leaves.

October 21, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: cars, lights, night photography, pavement, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, rainwater, shine, traffic, travel, water 14 Comments

Goose Jam

Freeport Road in Aspinwall. All traffic stopped. No young geese splatted on this busy road today. Goose is such a funny word.

And to make today’s post slightly more interesting check out TheFreeDictionary

goose

1. n. a silly oaf; an oaf. Oh, I’m such a silly goose!

2. tv. to (attempt to) poke something, such as a finger, in someone’s anus. Freddy tried to goose me!

3. n. an attempt to goose someone. (As in sense 2) He tried to give me a goose.

4. tv. to rev up an engine; to press down hard on the accelerator of a car. Why don’t you goose the thing and see how fast it’ll go?

5. n. an act of suddenly pressing down the accelerator of a car. Give it a good goose and see what happens.

McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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July 29, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Animals in the City, PhotographyTags: animals, Canada Geese, cars, fowl, Freeport Road, iPhone photography, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, shopping, traffic 10 Comments

Father and Son- Austin Auto Show

In our hotel parking lot – Austin, Texas

Dad’s car. In from Tuscon.

1957 Chevy -these cars were called gassers -made for drag strips and racing. (Click Gassers for info)

   Son’s car. In from Fort Worth
  More hot rods
  He let me sit at the wheel . Anne took the photo

  Putting the cars to bed

April 9, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: 1957 Chevrolet, Austin Auto Show, cars, gassers, hot rods, Texas, travel 14 Comments

Cars on Edge

NYC- Spring Break. Spotted by my sister as we walked by.

They looked even more precarious in person, though, as you stood below and looked up!

May 22, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cars, New York City, parking, photo of the day, photography, postaday, transportation, travel 8 Comments

Uncle Frank’s (and Aunt Linda’s) “New” Car- 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria V8

It’s registered in her name. In fact, if I got the story right, Aunt Linda is the one who negotiated and bought this beauty at a car show in Ohio.

What a jewel. Look at the pristine condition.

1953 Ford Crestline Victoria V8- 1953 was the 50th anniversary of Ford, I read. “Power steering and power brakes were being added to this line”.

This model is a year younger than me!

I was up in the neighborhood Friday night and I called and asked if they were eating supper. “Not yet”, said Uncle Frank.

So I went to photograph the car but alas, it’s in the garage as it’s getting to be winter weather here.

And it was suppertime. I did get a few detail shots inside the garage. A big pot of vegetable soup was shared with me and Steve and as I drove us home, I promptly forgot all the little details about the car and should have written them down.

Thank goodness Linda had a photo . Here is the photo that Aunt Linda took of the new aquisition. She calls the color salmon.