nature – Ruth E. Hendricks

Virginia Tiger Moth in Caterpillar Stage

On my front porch today.

I was sitting knitting and all of a sudden I saw this fuzzy caterpillar crawling across the pillow on the chair.

Google images says it’s a VirginiaTiger Moth in caterpillar stage

Click here to watch the video while this fuzzy creature looks for a place to live. They call it a Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar

Good news it’s eats low growing plants not wool clothing! Also

I was glad it was crawling on the pillow and not crawling on me! Turns out the wiry hairs can cause skin irritation.

October 2, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: caterpillar, fall, front porch, insect, moth, nature, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, virginia tiger moth, weather 9 Comments

Two Types of Bracket Fungus

No recipes today.

Do NOT ingest. Hers a list of edible bracket fungus.

Just documenting natures amazing fungus today.

Have you observed any bracket(also called shelf fungus) fungus lately? I never knew about bracket fungus..there are many cool names-

Chicken of the Woods and Beefsteak Fungus are two.

Google images says “*The selected region shows overlapping, shelf-like bracket fungi that are consistent with the **False Turkey Tail**(Stereum ostrea* *species complex*”

So you ask what’s the difference between turkey tail and false turkey tail. I did not look at the underneath of the fungus so I couldn’t say

“The main difference is the underside: true turkey tail has tiny, visible pores on a clean white surface, while false turkey tail has a completely smooth tan underside with no pores.”

Google images says “
*The image shows a grey, hoof-shaped bracket fungus (conk), which appears consistent with a hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) or similar polypore, growing on the decaying bark of a tree alongside patches of green lichen*”

September 28, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bracket fungus, fungus, nature, New Hampshire, photography, postaday, wood 11 Comments

What This Tree was Up Against

I walked from the Senior center to the Library(not even 100 yards) and saw the remains of this tree trunk.

June 2, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: iron fence, nature, photography, postaday, sidewalk, tree, trunk 8 Comments

Warning: If you get squeamish, don’t look at today’s post

Nature.

Thursday morning I was on my way to get a haircut. I pulled over and stopped on the hill to take this photo.

A Turkey Vulture having a winter lunch of road kill, either rabbit or squirrel.

Today’s topic a little grim perhaps but the bird is dependent on something to scavenge and can’t go to the market to buy lunch.

January 9, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Animals in the City, PhotographyTags: animals in the city, food chain, nature, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, scavenger, turkey vulture, vulture, winter 15 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

July 23, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bee, nature, photography, pollen, postaday, rose of Sharon, walk, wordless wednesday 12 Comments

I see a tiny face

April 14, 2024 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: flowers, nature, pansy, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, raindrops, weather 11 Comments

Sidewalk Crack Petunias

October 13, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: flowers, Lawrenceville, nature, neighborhood, petunias, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, urban scene 7 Comments

Nature’s Jewels

Raspberries are my favorite berry.

Picking raspberries during a Farm Tour last Saturday afternoon, Sligo PA

September 18, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: berries, farm, food, nature, photography, postaday, raspberries, Sligo PA 4 Comments

Coprinellus Disseminatus on Crombie Street

If it’s not abandoned furniture then it’s fungus that catches my eye. It must be the weather but so many varied species appear. These tiny mushrooms, at the base of a friend’s neighborhood tree, were there in abundance, looking at me as I got out of my car Sunday afternoon.

They are called coprinellus disseminatus or Fairy Bonnets

July 2, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: fairy bonnets, fungi, fungus, mushrooms, nature, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, trees 5 Comments

Redbuds Bloom in Pittsburgh and NYC

Pittsburgh Backyard Redbud
Planted by a friend, Ginny, as a memorial for my parents

Cercis Canadensis – Eastern Redbud

Photo taken by my sister, Mary. . Barrow street NYC

April 19, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: family, flowering tree, nature, New York City, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, redbud, Spring, travel, trees 14 Comments

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