Pittsburgh – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Start to the Day

A loaf of bread from La Gourmandine Bakery

April 24, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Baking, PhotographyTags: bread, breakfast, coffee, food, kitchen, La Gourmandine, Lawrenceville, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, toast 10 Comments

Silent Sunday

Sunset on the Allegheny River Saturday night

April 20, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: Allegheny River, bridge, city scene, photography, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sunset 10 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

March 18, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Wordless WednesdayTags: Allegheny Cemetery, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, shadow, sun, tree, walking, winter, wordless wednesday 9 Comments

Googly Eyes on Office Supplies – a guest blog

They seem to come alive.

Grandson Charlie (9) created a short stop animation with these office supplies on which he added Googly Eyes.

I bought the tin of Googly Eyes at a toy store with the Motto “No Batteries. No Screens. Pure Fun!” Dragonfly Castle in Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Charlie’s Stop Animation

March 13, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, PhotographyTags: childhood, Columbus OH, Dragonfly Castle Toys, family, fun, Googly eyes, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, stop animation 18 Comments

Mourning Dove Pair

All about Mourning Doves

Such a recognizable sound. This pair was on the neighbors’ roof list this morning. Unfortunately the snow flurries blowing don’t show up in this photo. They mate for life and are monogamous.

A visit from a mourning dove is thought to be “ ….positive sign, symbolizing peace, hope, and a message of love and comfort”

Mourning Dove call

March 6, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Birds, PhotographyTags: bird call, birds, Mourning Dove, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, weather 16 Comments

Brothmonger Soup Cafe in Bloomfield

Last week Steve brought home a quart of Potato Leek soup. Oh was it so good on a seriously cold winter night! He bought it at Brothmonger– Pittsburgh Based Soup Cafe

It’s almost right across the street diagonally (in the next block) from West Penn Hospital in the Bloomfield Neighborhood.

Ingredients are listed for all the soups as well as symbols if the soups are Vegetarian, Gluten Free, or Vegan options. In the Grab n Go Fridge there was a White Chicken Chili available, a Curry, Clam Chowder, Stuffed Pepper and the Broccoli Cheddar.

There’s a video below so you can meet the Brothmonger who started her soup business on social media.

You can eat your soup and a grilled cheese sandwich in the cafe or Grab n Go

You can read a review here

I dropped off a quart of Broccoli Cheddar Soup with potatoes, along with a loaf of crusty Mancini bread to my friends’ home. This morning I received this wonderful photo

Thank you for sharing your photo, Tookie.
I so happy you & Jack enjoyed **Brothmonger’s** soup.

P.S. your hand embroidered napkin is so pretty

Hours

Thursday10 AM–4 PM

Friday10 AM–4 PM

Saturday10 AM–4 PM

SundayClosed

MondayClosed

Tuesday10 AM–4 PM

Wednesday10 AM–4 PM

Here’s a YouTube video so you can meet the Brothmonger Sarah McAleer

February 20, 2025 by Ruth Categories: food, PhotographyTags: Bloomfield, Brothmonger, Liberty Avenue, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, soup, soup cafe, youtube 15 Comments

Wordless Wednesday

January 28, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Animals in the City, PhotographyTags: animals in the city, city scene, deer, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, sunset, winter 21 Comments

Spoon Rest Got Mugged

A mug fell on my souvenir spoon rest. I was trying to hang the mug on the hook above. It slipped out of my hand and cracked the otter. Not into smithereens, though.

I bought the glass otter spoon rest when my sister and I were on our 2016 Alaska trip. It was an artist cooperative shop in Homer.

Now I should just throw it out.

But I’m looking at it on and off for a day, wondering.

Could I glue it?

Such a clean break.

It’s just a spoon rest. It’s broken.

Why do I think about it? Gather the pieces and put them in the trash!

Wikipedia answers this question and says…

What is the point of a spoon rest?

A spoon rest (also known as a dublé) is a piece of kitchenware that serves as a place to lay spoons and other cooking utensils, to prevent cooking fluids from getting onto countertops, as well as keeping the spoon from touching any contaminants that might be on the counter.