daughter – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Happy Milestone Birthday, La!

Happy Birthday Laura!

Love, Ma

One year old Laura in Grafenwoehr Germany

Laura holding her one year old, Roy, just last week
(yes he’s got his cake frosting on his foot)

James gave a nice family party today to celebrate

August 6, 2023 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: birthday, birthday cake, celebration, daughter, family, grandson, milestone birthday, photography, postaday 10 Comments

Preparing the Eggs in 1986 and 2010

April 2, 2023April 4, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: celebration, childhood, colored eggs, daughter, Easter, Easter eggs, eggs, family, granddaughter ghter, grandson, holiday, photography, postaday 7 Comments

We’re celebrating my daughter Laura’s birthday today. It’s been an entire happy week of excitement as August first was the arrival of grandson Roy Samuel (weighing in at exactly six pounds) I’ve been fortunate to be here with the family this week.

Happy Birthday, Laura. ❤️ love, Ma

Taking a walk with baby Roy and big brother Charlie

Lauras birth sampler. Born in Germany in 1983

August 6, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: birthday, childhood, Columbus OH, daughter, family, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday 25 Comments

Oscar the Labradoodle Likes Pillows

Laura writes ***“In case you wonder why I suggest putting your pillow under the blanket when you visit”***

Laura texted me the pic she took of Oscar, the Labradoodle.

February 25, 2022 by Ruth Categories: dogs, PhotographyTags: Columbus OH, daughter, dog, guest blog, pillow, labradoodle, photography, postaday, sleeping dog 5 Comments

It’s Your Birthday!

❤️Heart sweater knit by my friend’s mom, Karlene Cooley ❤️

Photo on left: Grafenwoehr, Germany

Photo on right: Columbus, Ohio

August 7, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: birthday, Columbus OH, daughter, family, Germany, photography, postaday 8 Comments

They Say It’s Your Birthday

“I’m glad it’s your birthday”

Happy Birthday Dear Lala, Happy Birthday to you love you, Ma

https://youtu.be/Cs5vUfddkT8

August 6, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: birthday, Columbus OH, daughter, family, happy birthday, photography, postaday 9 Comments

Happy Blogaversary -the start of the Twelfth Year

From the smocking period of my life.

Daughter Laura in 1986.
Granddaughter Anna in 2007.
Of course, I still have the dress.

July 13, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: childhood, daughter, family, granddaughter, photography, postaday, sailboats, sewing, smocking 12 Comments

Month of May Stitched in Memory- Guest Blog

These photos are from May 1987, taken in Kentucky. Sent by my good friend Joanne. We were so much younger then, we’re older than that now……

And a tribute to Phyllis George who passed May 14th.

Ruth – you and I reconnected as Army wives in Fort Knox, KY in 1986 after we both moved there from Germany, where we first met. You taught me the art of smocking and we spent a lot of time together stitching beautiful outfits for our little girls. Then we decided to make it a “cottage industry” and created our business Handsmocked in Kentucky. We took special orders and sold our work in the Kentucky Arts Council In Louisville … where we attracted the attention of Phyllis George (then wife of the Governor of Kentucky!) .

We had such fun and dreams with our little business, and then all of a sudden we were invited to Phyllis George’s home as a vendor for her Kentucky Derby celebration which featured Kentucky based artists! What an adventure ….

33 years later I still have a lot of memories and a wardrobe of smocked dresses to hand down to some special little girl.

My memory of Phyllis George was a gracious, giving woman who cared deeply about Kentucky artisans. (And she wrote us a check for a handsmocked dress for her daughter.)

Joanne was able to go into her boxes of photos which are all labeled and put her hands on these photos.