summer – Page 4 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Summer Day Cloud

View from my front porch, Friday afternoon

July 22, 2022 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cloud, front porch, neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sky, summer, weather 9 Comments

Idiom “a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs) “there are more than 25 million idiomatic expressions in English language” Wikipedia

Go Bananas and click here for more fruit idioms.

“Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries” is a song with music by Ray Henderson lyrics by Les Brown, published in 1931.^[1]Ethel Merman introduced this song in George White’s Scandals of 1931. Wikipedia

Judy Garland sings it here

“Erma Fiste (known as Erma Bombeck) was born in Bellbrook, Ohio, to a working-class family, and was raised in Dayton. She became very famous when she wrote, ‘If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?’ The hilarious #1 New York Times bestseller was Erma Bombeck’s take on marriage and family life is “fun from cover to cover”.”

July 21, 2022 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cherries, erma Bombeck, figure of speech, fruit, idiom, Judy Garland, life, photography, postaday, summer 10 Comments

A Friend Stopped By This Morning

Coffee, conversation, a little knitting refresher, too. She came bearing gifts of pastry from La Gourmandine. thanks Jen.

July 18, 2022 by Ruth Categories: food, PhotographyTags: almond, bakery, baking, coffee, croissant, food, friendship, front porch, La Gourmandine, pastry, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, summer 20 Comments

Unearthed from the Garden

A bit of broken glass from a candlestick. Two soldiers. A rusty toy car encrusted in dirt. A long screw.

July 10, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Garden, PhotographyTags: broken glass, childhood, digging, garden, home, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, summer, toy car, toy soldier, toys 5 Comments

Silent Sunday

Echinacea

“The generic name is derived from the Greek word ἐχῖνος (ekhinos), meaning “sea urchin“, due to the spiny central disk”

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Photography, silent SundayTags: bee, echinacea, flower, garden, photography, postaday, summer 5 Comments

Homemade Arnold Palmer Drink

Summer refreshment on the front porch.

Half iced tea+Half lemonade.

Popularized in the 1960’s by legendary golfer Arnold Palmer so that’s the name of this non-alcoholic mixed drink.

June 6, 2022 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Arnold Palmer, drink, food, front porch, iced tea, lemonade, mixed drink, photography, postaday, summer 16 Comments

Pesto Yes or No ?

Pine nuts, garlic, freshly grated Parmesan, olive oil and a couple of cups of basil leaves whirled in the food processor. To me it tasted like summer.

The Harvie farm box arrived on the front porch today. When I unpacked it, it was the fragrant basil that motivated me to think of pesto.

Pesto- yes or no?