photo of the day – Page 7 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Button, Button, Whose Got the Button? ( & Bridal Veils, too!)

1700 Carson Street is the home of a great button store. It fascinates me- Parker Button. Boxes and boxes stacked from floor to ceiling. All colors, shapes and sizes. Like an artist’s palette. Shank or flat. Frogs and belt buckles. Ribbon and trim. Spools of thread to sew them all on for utility or ornamentation. My mother had a glass jar full of buttons. My sister made me the coolest necklace from vintage mother-of-pearl shirt buttons, strung onto embroidery floss. Do you have any clothing missing a button?

The other half of the shop is Clarissa’s Boutique . One word to describe the bridal veils, jewelry and accessories for custom headpieces and wedding necessities- exquisite? lovely? classic? ethereal? They will create a custom headpiece for you but allow three months. Feathers, flowers, jewels, or pearls. Voted the Best of the Knot for weddings 2011.

These Days Buttons are Often a Part of Web Design

Or people push our buttons.
Press the button to call the elevator
or select your floor.
Today’s post is the old fashioned kind.
Two-hole, four-hole or shank.
Metal, plastic, shell or bone.
Beatrix Potter shapes of rabbits.
When was the last time you sewed on a button?

Today marks 500 blog posts and counting!

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Growing up we had a record with the song ( these lyrics are from 1929)

Button up your overcoat, When the wind is free, Oh, take good care of yourself, You belong to me! Eat an apple every day, Get to bed by three, Oh, take good care of yourself, You belong to me! Be careful crossing streets, ooh-ooh, Cut out sweets, ooh-ooh, Lay off meat, ooh-ooh, You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

February 10, 2011June 1, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Pittsburgh Photos, vintageTags: belt buckles, bridal veils, bride, button, button collecting, buttons, Carson Street, city scene, Clarissa's Boutique, frogs, jewlery, memories, notions, Parker Button, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Photographer, Pittsburgh Weddings, postaday2011, retro, sewing, south side, The Knot, thread, urban scene, vintage, vintage buttons, wedding accessories 14 Comments

The Carnegie Museum Fountains in Winter

Shooting a color photo that looks black and white is fun. These pods looked chilly and the sounds of the water splashing gave a shiver right under my wool coat and scarf.

Ever watch kids play in fountains
in the summer months?
Not the day I shot this photograph/
and I doubt kids play in these
or if they do, I’m sure not for long.
Vigilant museum guards would
come out and put a halt to any splashing

Fountains at the Carnegie Museum — February 1st after lunch on Professional Development Day.

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February 9, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: In the snow, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: Carnegie Museum, fountains, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, Pittburgh Photographer, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, sidewalk, snow 9 Comments

Bloomfield Fan’s Display Sums it Up

I was driving back into the city from Columbus OH, early Monday morning. Trying to get to work. BUT I had to pull over on Liberty Avenue to capture this fan’s feelings. It was a gray day. Mostly rainy with a chance of the blues.

Driving back to the Burgh I
forgot about traffic at the tunnel.
Everyone trying to get to work.
Including me.
We’re all tired. But this sign tells the story
of our city.

Steelers Tear in Bloomfield2 — Steelers Fans- Loyal to the Black and Gold!

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February 8, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: Bloomfield, city scene, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, s, sidewalk, Steelers, Superbowl Aftermath 7 Comments

Steelers’ Family Preparations- Pittsburgh and Beyond

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See Maura two years ago dressed for Super Bowl 43 and now at two years + @ the piano bench, Steelers hat by her side, ready for Super Bowl 45. Not my house- the mansion of Fifth Ave. with the huge gold and black banners on the porch at night.

And a friend at work, Ann and I, decided to knit obsessively and make four Steelers hats. Used a double strand of Cascade Superwash 220. I mailed mine to the grandchildren but forget trying to get a photo. We had fun trying. I think.

Sue B made the yellow pepper black olive topped salad for the AFC championship game and the cake was as Black and Gold as I could get it. No one would eat a licorice cake. A Brown Mountain cake (recipe) from Farm Journal with classic buttercream icing. No buttermilk in the house so I soured the milk with a T of vinegar and it tasted fine.

Smiley Cookies are from Eat ‘n Park and they were on the sign-in counter so weren’t consumed by me.

Mark has a Steelers flag to fly in the daylight and a blanket to keep warm and an Official Terrible Towel.

The last shot is the snowfall today. Hear there has been snow in Texas too. Thanks everyone near and far for the well wishes. And for putting up with the hoopla if you are a diehard Packers’ fan. (luv ya Rob)

A Longest Day

Sunday. Some things to cook.
We’ll wait for the game to begin.
Today a snowfall and weather reports.
I think I’ll knit one more hat!
The act of knitting reduces anxiety.

February 6, 2011June 1, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Baking, Childhood, Family, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: baking, Brown Mountain Cake, Brown Mountain Cake recipe, cake, Columbus OH, family, Farm journal, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, recipe, Steelers, Super Bowl 12 Comments

‘Twas the Night Before Superbowl, Fans Asleep in Their Beds-Visions of a 7th Ring, Float in Their Heads

But not overconfident. Just hopeful. And the Packers fans are dreaming the same vision I’m sure. (Actually photographed Thursday night Feb 3rd.)

Settling Down for a Long Winter’s Nap

And then you turn on the TV-
warm up
for the big game.
Have to wait all weekend long.
A two hour delay for Monday–
school, already called!

Twas the Night Before Superbowl — View of Homestead Over the Mon

Heard Giant Eagle was packed and fans are loading up their carts with salsa, ribs and Tostitos and chips. Iron City and Yuengling, some Penn Pilsner at the Beer Distributor– you can’t purchase beer in the grocery store in Pennsylvania. Fans are careful to follow rituals and are aware that their actions might jinx the outcome. Some can’t stand to watch.

February 5, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the CityTags: Black and Gold, city scene, Monongahela River, night photography, photo of the day, photoblog, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, Steelers, Steelers Fans, Superbowl 11 Comments

By the (Ominous) Dawn’s Early Light

A massive cloud–
a golden light
The school bus’s red lights
Everyone stops.
The dawn reflected
in street signs.

February 4, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Pittsburgh Photos, What I Saw on the Way to SchoolTags: available light, childhood, city scene, neighborhood, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, school, sidewalk 13 Comments

Filmstrip Projector Paired with a Record, I Can Hear the Sound to Advance the Frame

School. Ditto machines and drinking in the smell of the purple sheets and filmstrip projectors. Who remembers?

February 3, 2011February 2, 2011 by Ruth Categories: ChildhoodTags: childhood, education, filmstrip projector, instruction, memories, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, record, retro, school, teacher, technology 17 Comments

Groundhog Sports Black and Gold Beads

Happy Groundhog’s Day. A friend sent an email of a groundhog finding a Lombardi trophy as a shadow.

You can click here for all the serious information from the official website in Punxsutawney PA.

I hear there are some competitors around the country but Phil lives close by …. “If Candlemas be fair and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year.” or this poem from Wikipedia “In Scotland the tradition may also derive from an English poem:

As the light grows longer
The cold grows stronger
If Candlemas be fair and bright
Winter will have another flight
If Candlemas be cloud and rain
Winter will be gone and not come again
A farmer should on Candlemas day
Have half his corn and half his hay
On Candlemas day if thorns hang a drop
You can be sure of a good pea crop

not sure about the shadow. Will find out in the morning. Spring or more winter? — One year(1990) my sister and I went to Punxsutawney to see Phil the groundhog. Pre-Groundhog Day movie.

February 2, 2011February 1, 2011 by Ruth Categories: UncategorizedTags: Black and Gold, celebration, childhood, Gobbler's Knob, groundhog, Groundhog Day, holiday, memories, photo of the day, photoblog, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, shadow, Steelers, weather, winter scene 10 Comments

Turrón: Egg Whites, Honey and Almonds Dessert from Spain

After the dinner plates were cleared at the neighbor’s house on Saturday night, Joaquin brought out a magnificent circular platter of Turrón. His mother had sent the assortment from Spain. It was a Christmas gift but fortunately for us it arrived in late January. There’s also marzipan with chocolate and a pineapple nougat on the plate, too. Sweet and a perfect finish. The area in focus is small, but you get the idea of the presentation. I should have photographed it afterward as it was about empty! Yum.

A Different Dessert

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Egg whites
honey
and loaded with almonds.
This version hard.
The Italian I ate at Christmas was soft.
Delicious!

Turrón dates back to at least the 15th century according to wikipedia.

Turron for Dessert — Delicious confection filled with almonds.

February 1, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, photo of the day, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: almonds, celebration, childhood, chocolate, confection, dessert, HIghland Park, neighborhood, nougat, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011, Spain, turron 10 Comments

Hand Held Rotary Egg Beaters and Cupcake Display at DOZEN Bakeshop

Hand Held Egg Beater — My mother had a hand held egg beater.

Cupcakes are all the rage. These are $2.50 each. You can order Valentine Cupcakes now. Different flavors posted on a chalkboard. One was made with some East End Brewery Stout

Click blue link for information on DOZEN bakeshop in Oakland and Lawrenceville open Super Bowl Sunday 9-12 with special Black and Gold treats.

Rotary Egg Beaters

My mother had one
I think I did, too.
You can probably still buy one.
it wasn’t always a smooth operation.
The beaters got out of line.
And are cupcakes “hot” where you live?
Near my sister’s house the line is around the corner-
for cupcakes!

January 31, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Baking, Childhood, Cooking and Eating, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: bakery, baking, childhood, cupcake, egg beater, neighborhood, Oakland, photo of the day, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday2011 8 Comments

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Button, Button, Whose Got the Button? ( & Bridal Veils, too!)

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The Carnegie Museum Fountains in Winter

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‘Twas the Night Before Superbowl, Fans Asleep in Their Beds-Visions of a 7th Ring, Float in Their Heads

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By the (Ominous) Dawn’s Early Light

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Groundhog Sports Black and Gold Beads

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