flower – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Silent Sunday

September 14, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: flower, garden, photography, postaday, rose, silent Sunday 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

September 3, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Wordless WednesdayTags: city scene, Cleome, flower, mailbox, nature, neighborhood, Pittsburgh PA, plant, postaday, sidewalk, sunset, USPS, wordless wednesday 7 Comments

Found Dried Corsage From Unknown Occasion

Found while cleaning.

Dried corsage from an unknown occasion. It was resting inside an opaque ceramic lidded box. And now that I look at it, boutonnière seems a more apt description. But here’s the thing- Preserved to remember a special occasion? A sentimental moment. And I’ve not a clue what it could be.

I’m certain other people wear the flowers for the occasion, remove them from their clothing, then slip them into the trash.

A six word Saturday

May 25, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Six Word SaturdayTags: #SixWordSaturday, Boutonnière, cleaning, Corsage, flower, memory 5 Comments

Velvet Pansy

May 12, 2019 by Ruth Categories: GardenTags: flower, iPhone photography, pansy, photography, postaday, Spring 9 Comments

Lady Slippers in Bloom

Lady Slippers, cypripedium reginae, are rare these days. These were seen in the woods at Fallingwater in the Laurel Highlands while on a Landscape Hike with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on Members’s Day. I was invited to be a guest of Erika’s Uncle Larry, who is an enthusiastic environmentalist, and shared a wonderful day at the Barn at Fallingwater with his family.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_reginae)

”The WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with CLEAN WATERS and healthy forests, wildlife and NATURAL AREAS for the benefit of present and future generations. The Conservancy creates GREEN SPACES AND GARDENS, contributing to the vitality of our cities and towns, and preserves FALLINGWATER, a symbol of people living in HARMONY WITH NATURE.” From Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Website

https://waterlandlife.org/fallingwater/

May 5, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: Bear Run Creek, environment, Fallingwater, flower, Hiling, Lady Slipper, Laurel Highlands, nature, Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania Conservancy, woods 7 Comments

Fourteen Hours Between Shots

March 17, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: daffodils, flower, photography, postaday, Spring 17 Comments

Annie in Ohio

Grandson Michael plays Man #3 is his schools musical production. Annie. Laura and I got to see him on stage Friday night. We had a great time. For $1 you could get a flower and write a congratulatory gram attached with a ribbon.

The vase holding the flowers was a wedding gift from my friend Vincie, Erika reminded me.

March 15, 2019March 16, 2019 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Annie, flower, musical, night, photography, playbill, postaday, school 11 Comments

Through a Neighbor’s Fence

Walking to book club (to discuss The Madonnas of Leningrad), I came across this single blossom which had poked through the slats of my neighbor’s fence. The setting sun illuminated the new green leaves. Unretouched Photo.

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: book club, flower, garden, iPhone photography, Pittsburgh PA, plant, postaday, sunlight, The Madonna of Leningrad, walking 14 Comments

Snippet of Lace and a Tiny Flower Tattoo

My sister gave me this vintage apron years ago.

It’s a conversation piece. I don’t know who made it.

Most of my aprons hang inside the pantry door and aren’t vintage. That will be another post.

This half apron is fun to wear when hostessing,

Just lift up the skirt of the dress for the unexpected.

A bit of lace and an embroidered flower. The fabric of the midriff is worn and there is a hole right where the navel would be. Maybe it is one of a kind?