Pandemic – Ruth E. Hendricks

Feb 24, 2021 From the Archives

February 24, 2025 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: handknit socks, home, indoors, knitting, Pandemic, photography, postaday 7 Comments

Parking Lot Litter

There’s no end to this series. Unfortunately.

May 3, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: garbage, litter, Pandemic, parking lot, photography, Pittsburgh Mills, postaday 6 Comments

La Prima Espresso in the Strip District

Pandemic adjustments for serving La Prima Espresso customers delicious coffee.

I had my first cup since the beginning of 2020. You can’t go inside now but they’ve found a way to offer safe service.

The coffee as wonderful as ever!

Carrie, you would LOVE it!

April 30, 2021 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cappuccino, city scene, coffee, La Prima Espresso, latté, Pandemic, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Strip District 3 Comments

Masked Dinosaur and Flowering Pear on Freeport Road

At the red light when headed to the post office.

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, sculptureTags: dinosaur, flowering pear tree, mask, Pandemic, pear tree, photography, Post Office, postaday, red light photography, sculpture, Spring 4 Comments

Prune Cake- tastes better than it sounds, Promise

Prune cake recipe is from The Beaumont Inn Harrodsburg, Kentucky. I saw it in a newspaper when we lived in Fort Knox.

I’ve baked this recipe for decades. It’s a moist spice cake. Even better the second day.

Be sure you cook and mash the prunes first!

I shared the Prune Cake recipe and the person said later her cake didn’t taste or look like mine. I asked her about it – she didn’t like cooked prunes so she thought she’d improve the recipe by just cutting them up. The prune mash needs to distributed throughout the batter. Doesn’t work her way!

I omitted the warm sauce this time, cutting the calories of extra butter and sugar but it’s delicious that way. Keeps it extra moist.

Many blog viewers baked a spinach pie and reported great success. Not sure how many will be tempted to bake a prune cake. If you do, please let me know.