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Big Banana Car in Columbus Guest Blog

Laura took a photo of the Big Banana Car in front of her neighbor’s house. Part of the mini The World Needs More Whimsy Tour. The Big banana is built on a “….1993 Ford pickup over the course of two years by Steven Braithwithe”

Rides were available today (until dark)for a donation. The money going to a fund for children without health insurance

By the time you read this post, the tour will be over but what fun Laura and Charlie and Roy had on the walk to and from school. Laura face-timed me while holding a Bananas Gorilla (Richard Scarry Busytown) toy. I snapped a couple of screen shots.

I cropped out myself from the Face time call

Do you remember Laura’s neighbor?

Greg created the Art Car (click to see slide show) I know you’ve seen it on the blog.

September 28, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: art, automobile, Banana car, Bananas Gorilla, Busytown, car, Columbus OH, creativity, guest blog, neighborhood, photography, postaday, Richard Scarry, whimsy 9 Comments

Lego sightings- 2 Giraffes and a Cat

Just north of Columbus Ohio at the Easton Mall.

Our family enjoys building with Lego. I don’t like to step on it with bare feet, though! I’m am always happy to see things made out of Lego.

October 5, 2022 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: building, Cat, Columbus OH, creativity, giraffes, humor, Lego construction, LEGO®, photography, postaday, toys, travel 9 Comments

Jim Henson-Imagination Unlimited Exhibit at COSI

We went to COSI- Center of Science and Industry in Downtown Columbus Ohio and saw the exhibit Jim Henson Imagination Unlimited

I couldn’t believe The Muppet Show started in 1976, Where does the time go? I remembered my son Mark had Ernie bedsheets in 1978.

Bert and Ernie and Rubber Ducky with Laura and Charlie peeking from behind their display

The video explaining how they filmed this scene was fascinating

and for more information here’s an article in the Columbus Dispatch by Eric Lagatta

THE MAN, THE MUPPETS: JIM HENSON, HIS LEGENDARY CREATIONS STAR IN COSI EXHIBIT

June 26, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: #COSIColumbus, Bert and Ernie, Columbus Ohio, COSI, creativity, family, imagination, Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog, photography, postaday, puppets, Sesame Street 6 Comments

A Blanket, A Pillow, A Chair

You can drape a blanket over the back of a chair or two, add a pillow in the floor. Enter the tent you’ve created.

Magical half light.

Accompanied by a soft, huggable toy bear. Liftoff to space. A cabin in the woods. A racecar or castle. Whatever, wherever you wish it to be.

May 8, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: available light, Castle, childhood, creativity, family, fort, grandchildren, imagination, photography, postaday, rocket ship, toy. tent 11 Comments

McWalker Yarns Hosted a Poetry Reading in Millvale

Thursday evening in Millvale, Amy McCall, owner of McWalker Yarns hosted poets Sheryl St. Germain and her former MFA student at Chatham U, Michael Bennett.

The yarn store was a wonderful backdrop for Sheryl St. Germain’s reading. Surrounded by skeins and skeins of colorful yarn, Sheryl read her powerful essay (from Stitching Resistance: Women, Creativity and Fiber Arts edited by Marjorie Agosin). She told of the role crochet has played in her life since childhood, but focusing on how crocheting with yarn helped her cope while parenting a son who was in trouble with alcohol, drugs and the law. She also read poems about her son’s dying of a heroin overdose from her book The Small Door of Your Death. Her words touched the audience as she described the helplessness and grief, her numbness, as she centered herself every evening after a long day- crocheting an afghan for her son. The repetition of hook into yarn loops as a meditation, an ease from depression and the stress of hopelessness. A healing.

Pittsburgh native Michael Bennett read his poetry first and opened for Ms. St. Germain. Michael has worked for three years with Words Without Walls program, teaching incarcerated Juvenile offenders, teenagers being tried as adults.

Cellist David Bennett and McWalker Yarns supporter introduces the poet and provided delicious desserts by Millvale Baker Jean-Marc Chatelier

New Orleans native Sheryl St. Germain has published six poetry books, two collections of essays, and co-edited two anthologies. The Small Door of Your Death, a collection of poems about the death of her son from a heroin overdose, appeared in 2018 with Autumn House Press. A forthcoming book, Fifty Miles, is a collection of essays about healing that include a couple of essays about working with yarn. Sheryl directs the MFA program in Creative Writing at Chatham University where she also teaches poetry and creative nonfiction, and is co-founder of the Words Without Walls Program . She was named Louisiana Writer of the year in 2018. Sheryl is an avid and accomplished crocheter, and a much less accomplished knitter. See: www.sheryl-stgermain.com/ for more information.

Desserts created by Jean-Marc Chatellier French Bakery

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Crochet, Fiber Arts, poetryTags: afghan, books, creativity, crochet, desserts, Local Yarn Store, LYS, making, McWalker Yarns, Michael Bennett, Millvale, Millvale PA, Pittsburgh Poetry, poetry, poetry books, poetry reading, Sheryl St. Germain, stitching, yarn 6 Comments

Have a Great Day, James

Here’s my son-in-law James creating a Bumblebee Transformer from cardboard, devising a special costume for Charlie this past Halloween. What a transformation! It was impressive. He watched a YouTube video about creating Transformer costumes. Then came up with the plan.

Dear James,

May your birthday today be the beginning of a happy and healthy new year. Lots of love, from your MIL Ruthie

p.s James bought the “Have a Great Day” pen and ink drawing by Addie Cheges and gave it me to several years ago.

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, PhotographyTags: addie cheges, birthday, birthday blog, bumblebee, creativity, family, graphic design, happy birthday, James, Laura and James, photography, postaday, son in law, Transformer 16 Comments

Pittsburgh’s Indie Knit & Spin

You know how much I love different yarns and all the possibilities they inspire.

Last Saturday I went with a friend to the Ace Hotel in East Liberty to check out the Pittsburgh Indie Knit & Spinevent, held in the former YMCA gym. The “boutique hotel” was hopping, serving lunch and drinks and coffee, while eager knitters perused the booths.

A vendor at one booth was wearing this pin.Two dinosaurs winding yarn!

Although the vendor preferred anonymity she was more than happy to share the story of her quirky and creative pin. She told me to google Malojos So fun. Meet the designer of the pin who lives in Chicago About Natalie Have you seen the 14K gold gauge rings she makes?

I limited myself to purchasing a single skein of sparkle yarn named “The Shire” ( my first sparkle yarn) HandDyed by Trisha Eliason of Gypsy Stardust Yarn and Fiber Shop.

Good Water and Co. is a mother-daughter team dedicated to bringing the world a better knitting bag. Based in central Pennsylvania, each Good Water and Co. bag is handcrafted from start to finish, with no two bags being exactly alike. We are dedicated to providing knitters and crocheters with funky and innovative solutions to everyday problems. – from their Website

They had many great bags and had repurposed dresser scarves sewn into project bags to hold knitting projects or whatever else you might think of-

The Ace Hotel hosts Knitting in the Knook every third Tuesday, too. Offering tea and a cozy place to sit and knit. My friend Ann and I went to knit in February and everyone was so nice. That’s how I learned about the Indie Knit & Spin Event.

March 31, 2018 by Ruth Categories: knitting, PhotographyTags: Ace Hotel, Ace Hotel Knitting, art, Chicago, creativity, design, dresser scarves, gauge ring, hand dyed yarn, handdye, Indie Knit and Spin, knitting, knitting bag, knitting community, Knitting in the Knook, photography, Pittsburgh Knitters, postaday, project bag, sparkle yarn, yarn 8 Comments

Meet Slaven Lunar Kosanović

Meet Slaven Lunar Kosanović.

Artist. Designer. Illustrator.

You may have seen his artwork in Forbes Magazine or Playboy but didn’t know it! or click his name and see his walls, canvases and illustrations

We ran into him at an artist’s evening at the Croatian Design Superstore in Zagreb last week. My son introduced us.

He’s holding a book created for a humanitarian effort, restoring a church fresco. (Reminder to self; always carry notebook and writing implement to record important/accurate details)

Slaven just sent me this updated information

I found the text “The book ‘Adris Foundation – contribution to Croatian society since 2007’ presents funded projects – each project is described and illustrated by one of 26 illustrators. The ‘Danse macabre’ fresco by Vincent of Kastav from 1474 has always simultaneously fascinated and dreaded me so it was a logical choice for me. Project name: Laboratory examination and protection of the Beram frescos / Project bearer: Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Project leader: Dr. Sc Emina Pustijanac”

Slaven with his father, whose excellent English made easy conversation for me at the Croatian Design Superstore.

Screen Shot 2017-04-22 at 7.24.03 AM one example of his wall art from his website

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Art, People at Work, PhotographyTags: art, artist, cats, creativity, Croatia, Croatian Design, Croatian Design Superstore, design, designer, graffiti, illustrator, people at work, photography, postaday, Zagreb 14 Comments

Tiny Libraries

Little Free Library purpose:

Building Community
Sparking Creativity
Inspiring Readers

AND they are all around my daughter’s neighborhood. In fact there is one at the end of their street.

I was fascinated to see so many in just a few blocks as we drove to the playground. Today I made a run to buy knitting needles on Indianola and wound around the tree lined streets and came across of few more. Thought they would be good for the weekly photo challenge=

Tiny

Continue reading →

November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 by Ruth Categories: books, PhotographyTags: books, Clintonville OH, Columbus OH, community, creativity, Library, little free library, Little library, photography, postaday, tiny, weekly photo challenge, woodcraft 18 Comments

#CreativeSprint Day 5

Day 5“What do you collect? Work with a collection of your own or borrow one.”

Day 5 an easy one.

I’ve lots of rabbits. Some live at Laura’s home now. The wooden ones with the clothes. The family.

I missed Day 4. Take a 5 minute walk and make something for someone else to find. It was raining, did I think I’d melt?

Creative Sprint

April 5, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: #creativesprint, collection, creativity, family, home, photography, postaday, rabbits 7 Comments

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Big Banana Car in Columbus Guest Blog

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