people at work – Page 4 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Up a Tree

How fortunate my neighbors scheduled their trees to be trimmed,

The branches were growing into the side of their house.

After Steve moved the cars out of the garage and onto the street, I thought to myself- “hmmmm- People at Work, right in my driveway!” Perfect for an interesting photo shoot. Andrew agreed to allow me to photograph him working. You should see those spikes that help him climb up the tree. Takes a lot of skill and care. You have to know what you are doing. Ascend is the word of the week, showing upward movement.

Meet Andrew. I shot this with the 70-200 Lens.

Throwing down a branch he cut

December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: arborist, ascend, chainsaw, Drake Tree Service, people at work, photography, technology, tree, tree service, tree trimming, winter 13 Comments

MILK or DARK??

MILK OR DARK?

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Chocolate, food, PhotographyTags: Betsy Ann Chocolates, candy, chocolate, chocolate dipped strawberries, dark chocolate, Godiva, GRAND CENTRAL, milk chocolate, people at work, photography, postaday, truffles 9 Comments

Glass Bead Artist in Berlin

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Here she is in her gallery/store, just around the corner from the ice cream store.

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Dagmar’s first career was Occupational Therapist but about fifteen years ago while living in Brooklyn, she learned how to make glass beads.

She demonstrated the making of a glass bead. The colored glass rods are from Murano, Italy.

She lit her torch and melted the end of the rod to the consistency of honey, turning it all the time onto a metal tool.

Sometimes she uses a mold to form the bead but most of the time she creates each bead by hand without the mold, so they don’t lose the handcrafted touch.

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Tiny pieces of the Berlin Wall inside a single glass bead

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Her graphic artist made these bumper stickers with this saying! She gave me a couple to bring home.

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November 16, 2017 by Ruth Categories: Art, PhotographyTags: art, artist, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Dagmar Bruckner, dbeads, dbeadsconceptstore, gallery, Germany, glass, glass beads, jewelry, necklace, people at work, photography, postaday, Schoenberg 7 Comments

Potsdamer Platz Market- Men at Work

Thursday I was photographing some food items for a Things to Eat in Berlin Gallery.

When I saw the wurst stand I went up and asked if it was okay to take a picture.

My plan was to snap the big pile of wurst on the grill. But suddenly I had some generous posing chefs.

Here is photo one

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And oops, I realized the man on the left in the photo below wasn’t in my frame and he was standing with a wurst, too. Do over!

I took another shot to include him and suddenly a photo bomb appears behind the three men.

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Thank you, gentlemen. You made my day!

November 10, 2017November 9, 2017 by Ruth Categories: food, Photography, TravelTags: Berlin Germany, Christmas MArket, food, German food, market, men at work, people at work, photography, Potsdamer Platz, travel, winter Wein, Wurst, Wurst stand 8 Comments

Pizza Sliced Expertly

at Lucky’s Market Columbus Ohio.

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October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: Columbus Ohio, food, High St, Lucky’s Market, people at work, photography, pizza, postaday 4 Comments

House Call

We wanted to sew a dinosaur hoodie for Charlie. The sewing machine stopped sewing on my last visit.

Googled and found Sewing Machine Repair-Columbus OH in your home.

Steve arrived in less than an hour. Fixed the broken bobbin case and bracket, added a ballpoint needle and gave my daughter and me a tutorial on what went wrong. And how to maintain it. Sews like a dream and no lugging it to a shop or waiting.

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: Columbus OH, house call, machine, maintenance, people at work, postaday, repair, sewing, sewing machine 16 Comments

Pittsburgh River Rescue

Fortunately it’s a timed challenge practice drill and not a real rescue situation on the Ohio River yesterday. These men and women do important and difficult work.

I’d taken two grandkids to the Carnegie Science Center and we had just toured the submarine docked behind the Center.

Watching the diver dive into the river while tethered to the rope as it unfurled, was something to see. Another diver waited on deck, ready to help if diver one got into trouble.

You have to be a paramedic first before any further training can begin. The instructor was patient and answered all Jack’s questions.

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“USS Requin, a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the requin, French for shark. Since 1990 it has been a museum ship at The Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania”. Wikipedia

August 30, 2017August 31, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: CArnegie Science Center, diver, Ohio River, people at work, photography, postaday, river, river rescue, scuba diver, SUBMARINE, technology, training exercise, USS Requin 5 Comments

The City Responds

The mayor has a Response Center set up and you can call 311 and complain or report a situation that needs attention.

I’ve called about excessive litter at the base of the Duquesne Incline, a hornet nest on a city tree , a streetlight was out and needed to be replaced and last week I called about stop sign on Larimer Avenue that was blocked by tree branches snd it couldn’t be seen.

This morning I was driving to Zeke’s get coffee grounds for my house guests and look who was working hard to rectify the very problem I reported!

Meet John (everyone calls him Johnny)

Thank you for responding, John!

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: city of Pittsburgh, Larimer, Mayor Response Center, neighborhood, people at work, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, stop sign, tree pruning 4 Comments

Duquesne Incline Operator Revisited

Here’s Chuck Wise again, manning the controls of the Duquesne Incline. He’s been operating the incline for twenty years. During the day he delivers flowers. He ‘graciously allowed me to photograph him again and you can tell there was a Pirates Game Wednesday night.

Here is the orginal post. . Blog Post -Incline Operator in January 2013.

April 28, 2017April 28, 2017 by Ruth Categories: People at Work, PhotographyTags: baeball game, Duquesne Incline, incline operator, Mt. Washington, people at work, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, postaday 7 Comments

Rolled Ice Cream is Hot on Butler Street

I’ve been away for awhile. My friend B said “let’s go to NatuRoll Creamery –get rolled ice cream in Lawrenceville. There’s always a line” (which is a good sign).

Turns out it didn’t open until three. So we had a delicious lunch at VANDAL first, waiting for three o’clock to roll around.