Coney Island – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Paperweights Gallery from Blog Followers

Yesterday’s blog post Glass Paperweights received some terrific responses

Here are some of the paperweight photos I received today

Ken in California sent the dandelion paperweights photos. See yesterday’s comments for a DIY “Craft Klatch” video on youtube how to create your own dandelion paperweight (thanks Mary)

Ken sent his Dandelion Paperweights that are still in use and from the early seventies

My friend Joanne in Florida sent the paperweight she bought in Mdina Malta c. 1971

My friend Ann in Colorado sent me these paperweight photos of her paperweights doubling as doorstoppers

And in case you missed it – click link of slideshow of 11 featured Paperweights of the World from the Corning Museum of Glass

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 by Ruth Categories: ArtTags: ', collections, Coney Island, Corning Museum of Glass, doorstopper, glass paperweight, guest blog, Malta, millefiori, paperweight, Paperweights of the World, photography, postaday, souvenir 10 Comments

Coney Island Ride,Carousel Poles and Birthday Candles

84518616-F9BA-46BE-A339-CB6974DC0FBF — Hair in a twist

A090B891-D06C-456D-B71D-4A887E121989 — Coney Island Ride

0C230228-177E-4018-8C03-C24125BC01F5 FC914B6E-7A2A-40F3-A173-DF8F6C199C8E 03ACA8AB-43E6-4D5C-8E14-37B6AC319596 Twisted- not a straight line

Coney Island Ride, carousel poles, birthday candles. Hair in a twist. Lighthouse in Florida. A gnarled tree.

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: amusement Park ride, birthday candles, carousel, Coney Island, gallery, hairdo, lighthouse, photography, postaday, tree, twist, twisted, weekly photo challenge 12 Comments

More Effects of Elements and Time

WEATHERED appeals to me cause I’m finding a lot of photos in the archives to post.

VintageGarbageTruckToy Vintage Toy Garbage Truck from the 1950’s

LarimerSchool Larimer School, Pittsburgh PA-

Okanogan, Washington and surrounding area-

orchard heaters no longer used, and apple boxes, an abandoned school house with an updated roof and a No Hunting sign posted on the building with the old vinyl couch out front.

Your Handwriting Reveals your Character sign in Coney Island-

-Bakery, Drug Store and the Lunchbox Diner* (see below for how it used to look) in Manhattan– New York City-

Weathered Diner

Quinwood, West Virginia-

Conneaut Amusement Park- Pennsylvania-

RollerRinkMcKeesport

Roller Skating Rink- McKeesport PA-

alaska_train Train in Alaska

Lunchbox Diner NYC

January 13, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Alaska, apple orchard, apples, Coney Island, Conneaut Amusement Park, diner, garbage truck, Lunchbox Diner, New York City, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Roller Rink, schoolhouse, signage, train, travel, vintage toy, weathered, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

Structure Found in Expected and Unexpected Places

The weekly Photo Challenge created by Jen H. at WordPress is Structure

Structure gallery

August 31, 2017August 31, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: airport, bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, carousel, Coney Island, Kennywood, NYC, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, roller coaster, structure, weekly photo challenge 11 Comments

Weeekly Photo Challenge: Wall

Wall. (s)

Lego Store New York City

Coney Island

Subway NYC

NYC Subway

New York City-Coney Island.

Eataly

SPring Wall

NYC

Bloomfield

Button Store Carson Street

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Coney Island, gallery, NYC, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, subway, travel, urban communication, urban scene, wall, weekly photo challenge 19 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs (and more Signs)

Who knew that I must photograph every sign I encounter?

The trick is to cull the signs and show the most interesting.

BUT I am astounded at how I am attracted to them.

As I kept exporting the variety of signs from different locales, I remembered my travels and who I was with and what we were doing.

Just being out and about I see a ton of signs.

I am going to me more mindful of my capturing them and figuring out why I press the shutter button.

Guess I read them and document what I read.

A sampling of signs-

childrens life jackets signs — Staten Island Ferry Signs

Chinatown New York City

Greenwich Village NYC

Coney Island NY Sign

Coney Island

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

studio 55 Columbus — Studio 55 Columbus OH

Toynbee Tiles sign — A Toynbee Tile on the street in Pittsburgh PA

October 8, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Columbus OH, Coney Island, food, handwriting, Nathan's, New York City, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, signage, signs, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Twist

The perfect twist ice cream cone as suggested by this week’s challenge eluded me. These photos are taken today expressly for TWIST.

Steve and I went over to the South Side to the Dairy Queen where one of my students had a shift Saturday night.

I asked for a small twist cone! and this is how they make them on Carson Street. Waaaaah! It’s a half and half.

There was no licorice to be found so I had to think of another TWIST specifically for this week’s challenge.

Twist on a medicine bottle!

I saw TURN and an ARROW but no word TWIST what I was looking for….. a TWIST CAP! childproof? None to be found in the medicine chest here.

The leftover sock yarn ball has a twist to the strand! Finding a twist in the house

the base of the red glass goblet ( my friend Joanne knit me this patriotic dishcloth)

Twist ties for the tops of bread bags. Or garbage

For the final image for TWIST

a couple of hanger tops.

Definitely twisted

and a couple from the archives Coney Island Ride

and a student made this scarf in knitting activity period this year

Is this a twist or a swirl?

May 24, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: amusement park, Coney Island, hangers, knitting, medicine, photography, postaday, red glass, sandwich, the Beatles, twist, Twist and Shout, twist ties, weekly photo challenge, yarn 16 Comments

A Few More Reflections

You’ve seen some of these if you’ve been a follower for awhile.

Some favorite reflections. The weekly challenge prompted me to continue to search the archives for a couple of reflections I wanted to share.

Swimming at Ohio State Natatorium

Blue jeans in the glass of the Penguins exhibit at the Columbus Zoo

From the subway on the way to Coney Island

Church reflection in the Thai Kitchen table- Bloomfield

Red lights reflected on the sidewalk- Market Square Downtown Pittsburgh

Me in the Mail Chute at the City County Building.

Mary in NYC with buildings in the sunglasses lenses

Jack’s reflection in a puddle.

Jack and Maura at the Columbus Zoo

March 25, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: architecture, church, Columbus Zoo, Coney Island, mail chute, New York City, penguin, postaday, reflections, subway, swimming, The Ohio State University, travel, US Mail, weekly photo challenge 11 Comments

Coney Island Counter at Nathan’s

Thought a warmer photograph of five people ordering hot dogs (or something similar) would help ignore the winter chill. Wind chill. Every chill. We’re burrowing in.