Pittsburgh PA – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

Morningside August Afternoon

You can drive by 100 times, then suddenly the ordinary scene strikes you. It was the smaller variety of sunflowers that caught my eye. When you’ve been in your house for so long, everything you see looks anew.

August 12, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city scene, iPhone photography, Morningside, neighborhood, Pandemic, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, summer, sunflowers, weather 2 Comments

Ashtray at the Red Light

I was on my way to get fabric for masks when I saw this litter while stopped at the red light.

August 10, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: ashtray, butts, Cigarette butts, cigarettes, city scene, litter, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, travel 3 Comments

Relook at Dancing at Bougival Sculpture

A reblog from June 12, 2014

Here is the delight of the day- (Stef!)

A monumental sculpture by J Seward Johnson has been at PPG Place for “about four days”, the guard said.

But don’t worry. The giant dancers will be in place until October.

Dancing at Bougival (painted in 1883 by Pierre A. Renoir ) is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Note: August 2020. This post inspired after seeing Pittsburgh Artist Jack Puglisi ‘s Pointillist work “The Dance” from his MASTERWORKS series – remembered I had photographed this sculpture in 2014.

August 7, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Art, Photography, sculptureTags: art, city, Dancing at Bougival, downtown, fountains, monumental sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, photography, Pierre A Renoir, Pittsburgh PA, PPG Place, public art, reflection, sculpture, Sculpture Foundation, self-portrait, Seward Johnson 7 Comments

Silent Sunday

August 2, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: candles, church, intention, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, prayer, silent Sunday 5 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

July 29, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wordless WednesdayTags: city scene, merry Christmas. wordless Wednesday, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, signage, walk 8 Comments

Found on a Walk

July 27, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: balloon, city scene, HIghland Park, neighborhood, Pandemic, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, walk, walking 8 Comments

Purchased My First Sock Blank

Wednesday afternoon, Amy at McWalker Yarns in Millvale PA, unboxed several Pittsburgh designs and also Rainbow Sock Blanks created exclusively for McWalker Yarns by Yarn over New York.

I bought this one- Pittsburgh Skyline with Landmark Bridges snd Buildings
Will I hang it up as ART or unravel and knit a pair of Pittsburghy Socks? If you are a knitter, have you knit from a sock blank before?

From Bluprint Website

“What is a sock blank?”

“A sock blank is a long, rectangular piece of knitted fabric created by a knitting machine and then dyed or stamped with color. The edge of the sock blank isn’t bound off — it’s loose so that you can knit from it, pulling the stitches out as you go. The basic idea behind the sock blank is that you’ll get an amazing yet unpredictable colorway when you knit with it. “

Amy, owner of McWalker Yarns in Millvale

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 by Ruth Categories: knitting, PhotographyTags: knitting, Local Yarn Store, McWalker Yarns, Millvale PA, Pandemic, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sock blanks, sock knitting, yarn, Yarn Over New York 8 Comments

Lone Potato

Lone potato, curbside. Squirrel Hill, Saturday morning.

July 19, 2020 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: city scene, found object, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, potato, sidewalk, Squirrel Hill 10 Comments

Georgia Peach in Evening Light

An unexpected surprise delivered to my house. A box arrived containing a baker’s dozen of Georgia peaches from dear friends. Thank you Kristin and Rick. They not only do they look gorgeous but are the sweetest, juiciest peaches, ever. Laura had just told me on the phone, they were getting a box of peaches delivered to their Columbus Ohio home this Saturday. And then these arrived for me. ❤️