Last time I visited the Children’s Museum was August 2019. Today I returned with grandsons Charlie and Roy. (And their Mom, Laura) stopping to see “the pipes” is a family tradition. Ned Kahn is the artist who created this living and breathing sculpture.
Krista Stevens at WordPress creates some interesting photo challenges. This week we’re to show where we live with the theme Tour Guide,
Here’s a Pittsburgh montage. Knowing when to stop digging in the archives is the problem but it’s one AM so we’ll start with this gallery tonight.
If you enter the city from the south- Ft Pitt Tunnel and Bridge this is the view when you emerge from the tunnel,
Duquesne Incline and a view of the city
Statue of beloved Mayor Caliguiri on the steps of the City-County Building
Andy Warhol Museum Detail and the old Lobby
East Liberty Carnegie Library and Presbyterian Church
Mr. Rogers Sweater and Sneakers at the Airport Display
The Point and the fountain. Where the three rivers meet, Allegheny and Monongahela form the Ohio River,
Incline in the Snow
Carnegie Museum of Natural History\
Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art Sculpture Garden Courtyard
Above-Forbes Field Wall and Bill Mazeroski Statue with Fireworks. 1960 World Series
Ritter’s Diner
St Paul Cathedral at Night
Heinz Field at Night
Heinz Hall at Night
Prantl’s Bakery-Home of the World Famous Burnt Almond Torte
Heinz Chapel
Keeping Tabs- Holocaust Memorial- Squirrel Hill
University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning
From the Norhside- Fineview
Carrie Furnace on the Monongahela River
Got Bridges? Why yes, we do!
Lost Kennywood- Kennywood Amusement Park
North Side- Cloud Arbor by the Children’s Museum
Southside Club Cafe Live Music Venue
St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland
PNC Park
AMTRAK station downtown
Carnegie Library- Oakland
East Liberty- Motor Square Garden and the Presbyterian Church
St Mary on the Mount -Mount Washington
Guard rails, hills, and retaining walls.
Phipps Conservatory
Lawrenceville Neighborhood- Arsenal Lanes
Art Rooney Statue in the Snow
Shadyside Variety Store
Kaufmann’s Clock Downtown.
Kennywood Amusement Park- Racer
Toddler in the mist.
Charlie (2) joins cousins Maura and Michael in the cloudy mist.
The first time it started and hissed and the air got foggy, he ran out, not knowing what to expect.
Wasn’t long before he joined them in the Cloud Arbor by Artist Ned Kahn.
When we finish our time at the Children’s Museum the kids always run to the tall metal pipes and eagerly wait for the start of the misty foggy cloud.
You should hear the happy squeals.
Michael is visiting Pittsburgh along with sister Maura and cousin Charlie. Today we went to the Children’s Museum on the North Side.
all the family loves the Ned Kahn’s Cloud Arbor
Readability of text on background is a factor to consider when creating content in a blog post. I’ve been using the same theme with the white text on the black for a few years, liking the way the photos looked surrounded by black. I never found them hard to read but then I was the author.
These days blog readers frequently check phone screens, not a giant desktop display.
Today I heard from artist Carol Skinger after she had visited the blog via FB to check out the macarons. She included an article Why Light Text on Dark is a Bad Idea
After thinking about her message, I went to “try on” different WordPress themes and even got some great tips from the support team at WP when I couldn’t see the good old “Like” buttons or the “Subscribe” button or even the “Follow Blog” at the bottom right of the page. This theme is called SNAPS.
Thanks Carol for taking time to write. This theme works well on all sizes of devices!
I think it’s a clean look. I wish I could get the palest of gray as the background but when I tried to change it the text looked dark red. Will do some more experimenting.
Hopefully one that won’t tire your eyes as you read. I hope to find a header image that screams Pittsburgh, as I miss my Pittsburgh Light Up Night skyline view of the city header. This one is Jack and Michael on the North Side on the way to the Children’s Museum, running to Ned Kahn’s Cloud Arbor sculpture
Thanks Mar, for the Ott Lite I’m using on the Kindle.
Three grandkids this visit. No waiting until AFTER the Children’s Museum today. They went straight to it. The rain really affected the cloud of mist today, hanging so low.
Headed to the museum through a cloud 
North Side Pittsburgh. In front of the Children’s Museum. After a fun day at the museum, before we walk to the car, we like to check out the Cloud Arbor. Jack and Maura were enjoying the cool mist and an unidentified cyclist drove through to cool off. Click to watch Cloud Arbor by Ned Kahn, a video of the mist and the cyclist
Laura and Charles head to the wall to sit down 
Artist Ned Kahn
Waiting for the mist to appear
Thank you for visiting the blog and clicking the ‘like’ button and/or leaving some good words. I appreciate your taking the time to look at the photographs. If you’ve been with me this year, you’ve already seen these images but after reading the Annual Review of my Blogging Year from WordPress, I wanted to capture 2015 myself. What I notice is I like weather, people, family and night photography.
I wish you a new year filled with good health and happiness.
A few of my favorites from 2015- I skipped over most of the food photos. Will take new ones in 2016!
Pittsburgh in fog
The weddings
Grandkids visit “Cloud Arbor is made up of 64 steel poles reaching 32 feet into the sky, embedded with nozzles that spray a fine mist of water, creating the effect of a spherical cloud suspended in the air.” (artist Ned Kahn)
Some of the family photos-
People at work and play
Places
Do you “think about size relationships when you look” at the photos?
Going to see what else I can come up with this week, specifically for the challenge.
Jack and Maura at the North Side near the Children’s Museum – Ned Kahn’s Cloud Arbor
Flat Ruthie and Found Friends
American Doll Hair Salon New York City
Carnegie Museum Summer with the Grandkids
My sister Mary, Kristin (Happy Birthday to you!) and Rick with Mona Lisa Mural in Columbus
Cameron’s Hand and His Mom’s
Oliver’s Baby Feet Guess I need another pair of feet to compare them to but they are so cute. He’s one now!
