garden – Ruth E. Hendricks

A Last Rose

October 24, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: family, garden, Lawrenceville, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, rose, seasons weather 5 Comments

A Lone Azalea Blossom in Mid October

My azalea has only ever bloomed in the Spring. and when it does bloom,the whole bush is covered with white blossoms. Today as I was taking stock of the end of the garden season I noticed a lone white blossom on the bush. It just seemed unusual to me.

October 16, 2026October 17, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: azalea, blossom, flower, garden, photography, postaday, season 6 Comments

Three Bees

October 10, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bees, daisies, garden, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 2 Comments

My Neighbor Grows Dahlias

And what a beautiful garden she tends with great love and care.

Marion asked if I’d come up the street and photograph her favorite dahlias.

I was happy to see the many varieties and rich colors, making them easy to capture. The bees were enjoying all the gorgeous blossoms.

October 3, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: dahlias, flower photography, garden, neighbor, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 19 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

Lethargic bee on last of the zinnias, ooops not wordless.

September 29, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wordless WednesdayTags: autumn, bee, garden, photography, postaday, zinnia 6 Comments

Sunny Day Dahlias

Have you ever been to a Dahlia Farm?

Thursday afternoon I accompanied my friend Eileen and her daughter Lizzie to Sunnydaydahlias Farm in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The Dahlia gardens attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.

We were cutting many different beautiful and colorful dahlias to grace the tables for Lizzie’s wedding this Saturday.

Rebecca showed us how and where to cut the stems, remove some leaves and provided buckets with water so we could transport them back to the venue.

Rebecca told us how once the first frost comes they will turn brown and after the third frost they’ll cut down the stems and dig up the tubers to store in double paper grocery bags to replant next Spring

September 17, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: butterflies, dahlia farm, dahlias, flowers, garden, Jaffrey NH, monarch, photography, postaday, wedding 11 Comments

Dahlia in Morning Light

Outside my dentist’s office for an 8 am appointment, I saw the sun shining on the dahlia blossoms.

September 14, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: dahlia, garden, photography, postaday 5 Comments

Mourning Doves Evening Meal

At the neighbor’s feeder. They enjoy the seeds.

Their fluttering and cooing sounds remind me of staying at my grandmother’s when I was young. Mouthing doves have such a distinctive call. “The male’s signature “coo-OO-oo-oo” call sounds sorrowful and melancholic to human ears.”

Ten Things you might not know about mourning doves

September 3, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bird feeder, birds, garden, mourning doves, neighborhood, photography, postaday 6 Comments

Shanti Found a Praying Mantis

The deer come in the night and eat the lilies. They missed one. How Shanti (6) saw the praying mantis astounds me because it looked so much like the color of the lily stem.

August 22, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: day lily, family, garden, insect, photography, postaday, praying mantis 7 Comments

Hardy Hibiscus in Bloom

July 23, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: flowers, garden, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 8 Comments

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A Last Rose

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A Lone Azalea Blossom in Mid October

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Three Bees

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My Neighbor Grows Dahlias

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Wordless Wednesday

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Sunny Day Dahlias

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Dahlia in Morning Light

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Hardy Hibiscus in Bloom

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