Pittsburgh PA – Page 5 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Summer Day Shadows

June 19, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: neighborhood, park, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, shadows, summer day 4 Comments

The City of Pittsburgh Roving Art Cart opened the season at the Highland Park Super Playground on June 16th. There was a puppet show and Mr. Cann’s Aunt Mary Lou Williams was being honored in the show so he came to participate. He plays five instruments I learned. And he told me he’s a retired Bellman of the historic and classic Omni William Penn Hotel downtown. Over the decades he met over 350 celebrities he said.

Here he is playing along with a recording of the famous George Benson. He gave us his gift of live music. Click to listen https://youtu.be/_yizufqbZ0Q?is=1WUC2GDWpnEuDTDk

At a picnic table in Maple Grove shelter at the Citparks Super Playground.

June 17, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Music, PhotographyTags: bellman, city scene, Clarinet, Darryl Cann, George Benson, musical instruments, musician, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 8 Comments

The Neighbor’s Million Bells

What are Calibrachoa Flowers?

Named after a 19th-century Mexican botanist, Calibrachoa (pronounced kal-ih-bruh-KO-uh), sometimes referred to as million bells or trailing petunia, are akin to petunias but boast tiny, one-inch, trumpet-shaped flowers.

Want to grow them?

Click here for Universityhttps://extension.umn.edu/flowers/calibrachoa Minnesota Extension information

June 15, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: calibrachoa, colorful, flowers, garden, million bells, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, trailing petunia 4 Comments

Birthday Bouquets for Partygoers

And Flowers Pittsburgh is a local small business. Thursday evening I met Karen Toole, who along with a team of seven, arranged more than 75 bouquets of colorful flowers for the occasion!

Everyone got to take home a pretty bouquet that adorned my friend’s birthday celebration.

I learned you can host a flower arranging party for 5-10 friends or attend a floral design class in their studio.

Karen Toole of **And Flowers Pittsburgh**

Guests leaving with bouquets in white bags.

How about this gift of jacket for my friend? Happy Birthday Nancy

June 11, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Birthday, PhotographyTags: And Flowers Pittsburgh, Birthday Party, bouquet, flower arranging, flowers, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 8 Comments

Silent Sunday

I was a passenger in the car so could capture the message on the pedestrian bridge .
UPMC Shadyside Hospital Pittsburgh

June 6, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: heroes, hospital, medical workers, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Shadyside, signage 6 Comments

Did you ever read Watership Down?

My granddaughter Shanti (6) photographed the bunny in the yard next door.

I think of the book when I see rabbits in the wild.

“Watership Down is a classic 1972 adventure novel by Richard Adams about a group of wild rabbits fleeing their doomed warren to find a new home, facing predators, challenges, and building a new society on Watership Down in England”

She captured a little video of the bunny on the move

June 4, 2026 by Ruth Categories: Animals in the City, PhotographyTags: animals in the city, bunny, city scene, family, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, rabbit 8 Comments

How I got a garden of ferns

The previous neighbor had planted ferns. Along his side of the driveway. I’d never planted a single fern on my side Only a couple survived on his side . Just look at the lush ferns that blew over to me.

. But look at what blew over to my side!

The ferns on my side of the digest care plentiful

June 3, 2026June 4, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: ferns, garden, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday 4 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

June 2, 2026 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: fidgets, knitting, peonies, photography, Pittsburgh PA, porch, porch knitting, postaday 6 Comments

ChalkFest on the Northside

My friend Tookie texted “Good morning, I just saw on the news that “Chalk Art ” is going on on the North Shore. Some of the art work was amazing. Maybe something for you and Shanti to explore on this beautiful day!!! to let me know that Riverlife Chalkfest was happening Sunday.

I drove down to the Northside with my granddaughter Shanti(6). Tookie was right. The art was amazing!