Philadelphia – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Silent Sunday

From the archives. February 2016

February 13, 2022 by Ruth Categories: fashion, Photography, Signage, silent SundayTags: city scene, fashion, Philadelphia, photography, postaday, signage, silent Sunday 5 Comments

Chocolate Covered Onions -Yes or No?

From the archives.

Mueller Chocolates

Philadelphia. Reading Terminal Market And yes, they do mail order.

Chocolate Covered Onions- Yes or No?

April 3, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Chocolate, PhotographyTags: candy, chocolate, chocolate covered onions, food, Mueller Chocolate, onions, Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, photography, postaday, Reading Terminal Market, taste, travel 16 Comments

The Schuylkill

The Schuylkill River. Philadelphia.

On my way back to Pittsburgh from New York after a nice Thanksgiving holiday with the family.

Here’s a shot taken Monday through a train window- #43 The Pennsylvanian – as we crossed over both the river and the Schuylkill Expressway.

My parents lived in Philadelphia 12 years but I lived there for only one of those years. A flood of nostalgia as the train rolled into Philly.

There are interesting place names (how about Wissahickon?) you don’t find anywhere else in the country. The river and expressway name always was hard for me to spell correctly. It’s that extra “L” in there. Turns out it’s a Dutch word meaning “hidden or skulking creek”

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, TravelTags: AMTRAK, family, Philadelphia, Place names, river, Schulykill, schulykill river, train, transportation, travel 10 Comments

Pine Street Philadelphia Sign

I dedicate this post to my fashionable friends.

Natalie- Personal Shopper and Closet Cleanse Specialist

Bernadette- Outfits Not Just Clothes

Shannon- Carpus Diem

My fashionable friends links to blogs and info in blue after their names.

This sign below is for the three of you!

May 12, 2016 by Ruth Categories: fashion, PhotographyTags: clothes, clothing, fashion, model, outfit, Philadelphia, photography, Pine Street, postaday, signage, style, travel 16 Comments

Sculptor Transformed 100 year old Norway Maple Tree Stump into Revolutionary Wartime Presbyterian Minister

That lengthy title gives it all away -Another post of last week’s time in Philadelphia –

Sculptor and excellent ice carver, Roger Wing, transformed a 100 year old Norway Maple stump into an impressive likeness of Pastor George Duffield (b.1732-d.1790).

(Click Roger Wing Sculptor and you can see more examples of his amazing sculpture.)

Walking back to the hotel, I passed by The Old Pine Street Church Graveyard.

Architect Joseph G. Brin article details information about how this Revolutionary War Minister’s sermon inspired John Adams to sign the Declaration of Independence.

  The wind made the flags billow and flap, making snapping sounds.
  Unlike the Harmonist Cemetery I posted yesterday, these graves are marked.

Well, they were marked.

Years of erosion have made many names difficult to read.

March 6, 2016 by Ruth Categories: sculpture, TravelTags: Amerucan History, architect, cemetery, George Duffield, ice carver, Joseph G. Brin, Norway Maple, Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia, photography, postaday, Presbyterian, Revolutionary War, Roger Wing, sculpture, Society Hill, tree stump 22 Comments

Bootscrapers and Philly Sidewalk Shadows

March 4, 2016 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: bootscrapers, bricks, city sidewalk, colonial americsAmerican History, fences, Philadelphia, shadow photography, Society Hill, travel, walk, wrought iron 20 Comments

A Slip of the Foot vs. Tongue-Poor Richard

Seen on Pine Street, Philadelphia

Poor Richard’s Almanac – Benjamin Franklin

Link to Poor Richard Almanack info

March 2, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, SignageTags: american history, architecture, Benjamin Franklin, marble stoop, Philadelphia, photography, Poor Richard's Almanac, postaday, Society Hill 11 Comments

Architecture- Old and New(er) 1964

Philadelphia architecture. A mixture of old and new. I.M. Pei – the architect of the Society Hill Towers. There are three towers of condos on five acres.

Spruce Street at 2nd Street.

February 29, 2016 by Ruth Categories: architectureTags: architecture, colonial, Philadelphia, photography. I. M. Pei, postaday, travel 4 Comments

State of Mind – Weekly Photo Challenge

Ben Huberman of WordPress challenged bloggers to post an image that illustrated their State of mind.

We arrived in Philadelphia this afternoon.

Delancey Street cobblestones at dusk.

Walking where my parents walked when they lived in the city of brotherly love. 1971-1983

Below the Theater of the Living Arts on South Street. The scene where my dad pushed his grandson Mark in a stroller and a Philadelphia magazine photographer captured them-

Thirty nine years ago.
PA turnpike memorabilia display while at the Service Area.

This could come in handy during election year.
Seeing light on the other side of cascading water in our hotel lobby. Cloudy, blurred, fluid, relaxing to watch.