neighborhood – Page 2 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Pittsburgh Park Rangers at the Playground

The Pittsburgh Park Rangers were at the Highland Park Farmhouse Playground for a Pop-Up Thursday afternoon. No live animals but lots of different furry specimens of soft tanned pelts for the kids to touch and learn about animals in our local environment. There was a squirrel, a possum, a skunk, a beaver, a raccoon, a fox, a coyote. I think there was one more I didn’t get an ID. Edit: my granddaughter said it was a deer. The first one. I should have known by the white tail

My granddaughter said the coyote felt the softest to her.

May 28, 2026May 29, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: animal pelts, animals, coyote, education, environment, neighborhood, parks, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Park Rangers, postaday, raccoon, squirrel 2 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

May 26, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Aspinwall PA, candy, Fire Truck, memorial day parade, neighborhood, photography, postaday, vintage car 4 Comments

Walking Back to the Car After Lunch I Saw Lamb’s Ear

Shanti led the way back to where we’d parked the car. We’d met cousins Anna and Maura for lunch in Westerville. M

On the way, I did what my parents always did when I was growing up.

Notice a plant.

Name it.

And in this case rub the velvet leaf between your fingers.

Lamb’s Ear, the perennial, see below.

“Despite its unassuming appearance, lamb’s ear has quite a rich history. Another nickname, “wooly woundwort,” references its usefulness as a bandage, due to its astringent properties.

The leaves were used to dress wounds or as toilet paper in medieval times, and they were also reportedly used as bandages in the American Civil War.” From the. Gardener’s path

May 23, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: family, garden, granddaughter, lamb’s Ear, neighborhood, photography, plant, postaday, rain, umbrella 10 Comments

Street Sign in Greenwich Village

Sometimes you drive over a bridge named in honor of someone. You might glance at a sign with a name along a stretch of highway.

A plaque.

In memoriam.

A tribute.

A place named to honor, to remember.

It might be a soldier, a notable person, a hero.

I wondered about the name on this street sign- Police Officer James P. Leahy- when I took the picture but didn’t look him up until tonight

I saw this sign when I was visiting my sister

Here’s what I found

“Officer James Leahy was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.”

You can read more about Officer James P. Leahy here

There are other links that are touching , his wife speaking of her high school sweetheart, his family.

Here’s a site Honoring USA Heroes with more information.

May 14, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Greenwich Village, hero, honor, James P.Leahy, neighborhood, New York City, photography, postaday, street sign, travel, tribute 7 Comments

Puddle on Corday Way

We’ve had a lot of rain lately.

“Forecast models for May suggest roughly 98-158mm ((3.8\- 6.2\) inches) of rain, indicating a potentially wetter-than-average May”

May 14, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Bloomfield, Corday Way, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, rain, weather 4 Comments

Wordless Wednesday -a guest blog

Photographed by my daughter Laura in Columbus.

May 12, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wordless WednesdayTags: abandoned furniture, chair, Columbus OH, family, guest blog, neighborhood, photography, postaday, wordless wednesday 6 Comments

Piano Man on Bleecker Street

We heard the piano music through the open window of my sister’s fifth floor apartment across the street. So when we were at street level, I snapped a few shots.

Sorry, no audio.