vacation – Page 9 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Bedford, PA- Home of the National Museum of the American Coverlet

Laszlo Zongor explains the system of Jacquard Loom(see below) and the punched holed cards, each card a single line of weaving.

A two hour drive from Pittsburgh. My book club had a fun and memorable getaway weekend trip. We stayed at the Historic Bedford Resort.

Sunday, Joan and I went to see the National Museum of the American Coverlet– housed in a beautiful Historic Common School. A coverlet is a woven bed cover, although there were some floor coverings, too. The coverlets display changes every four months. We learned a lot about the history of the coverlets with our knowledgeable guide explaining the differences. The last photos are of the gift shop where you can purchase reproductions of the antique designs and fabric for quilters.

from the National Museum of the American Coverlet

The Museum and Museum Shop are open daily, year round.
Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is $6 ($5 for age 60 and over). Kids under 12 are free. Group rates available.

If you have a coverlet, you can bring it to Melinda and Laszlo Zongor and they can help date it and identify the weaving method.

The Jacquard Loom

There are looms and spinning wheels on exhibit.

April 23, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Antiques, People at Work, Photography, vintageTags: American coverlet, antique, art, Arts and Crafts, Bedford PA, collection, cotton, coverlet, design, fiber, Historic Beford, history, Jacquard Loom, museum, preservation, quilting, spinning wheels, The National Museum of the American Coverlet, travel, vacation, weaving, wool, woven 19 Comments

What On Earth Are We Doing?

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Earth Day 2012

April 22, 2012April 22, 2012 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: cars, Earth, Earth Day, Earth Day 2012, garbage, go green, green, New York City, photography, Pittsburgh, pollution, postaday, recycle, reduce, reuse, sidewalk, slideshow, street, travel, vacation, waste 8 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun

Sunrise, St. George Island, Florida. My friend and her daughter.

Fellow Bloggers responses to the Weekly Photo Challenge

April 21, 2012April 21, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Family, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: beach, Florida, island, mother daughter, ocean, photography, pingbacks, postaday, st george island florida, St. George Island, sun, sunrise, trackbacks, travel, vacation, Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun 32 Comments

The Film Crew Bathrooms – New York City

IMG_4662 (1) — NYC residents look straight ahead, walk by,yawn.
Out-of-towners gawk and stop to take a photograph. Oh my.

April 19, 2012April 18, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, TravelTags: film, Film Crew, humor, movies, New York City, photo of the day, photography, postaday, sidewalk, Spring break, trailers, travel, vacation, West Village 7 Comments

We’re Talking Trash Now

Shot while walking down Fifth Avenue in NYC with my sister when I was on Spring Break. Waiting for pick-up.

I didn’t count them but it was definitely eye catching.

April 18, 2012April 17, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, TravelTags: Fifth Avenue, garbage, New York City, photography, postaday, sanitation, sidewalk, Sidewalks of New York, Spring break, trash, trash bags, travel, vacation, waste 11 Comments

New York Public Library Interior- Library Lions Patience and Fortitude in LEGO®

No conversation. No exchange. Just a quick shot in low light to capture the architecture, the lines and curves, the grand feel of it all.

The New York Public Library.

Grainy and bit soft on the focus but all the angles and shapes and lines are subtly defined. We went through the Shelley’s Ghost Exhibition and climbed staircases, looked down from the mezzanine into the entrance way. Saw a photography exhibit and at the entrance way Patience and Fortitude the Library Lions in LEGO®. What are the rules of interior photography, what are you allowed to take? There are places where it is clear- No Photography. Tough to monitor people and their cell phone shots. I did not photograph where it said not to.

April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Light in the City, Photography, TravelTags: adventure, architecture, Brick Artist, cell phone shots, interior photography, LEGO®, Library Lions, Nathan Sawaya, New York City, New York Public Library, PAtience and Fortitude, travel, vacation 25 Comments

Joe’s Dairy on Sullivan Street, New York City

Shot last week -Spring Break in NYC. My sister walked us by and it was open.

They couldn’t be nicer. People behind counters are captive. I ask for permission after a bit of conversation. Sometimes you get “I’d rather not.” but here I got a “Sure!”.

Thanks, Rose.

If you want to read more about Joe’s Dairy on Sullivan Street click here. Everyone talks about their smoked mozzarella!

(And if you want to make your own cheese go here and click on the Cheesy Stuff page)

Meet Rose Pianoforte. I know, her apron says Angela.
She was really nice and helpful. And gracious to allow me to photograph her.
Those are olives stuffed with cheese on the counter.

April 10, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, Light in the City, PhotographyTags: cheese, cooking and eating, food, Joe's Dairy, mozzarella, New York City, people at work, photography, smoked mozzarella, Sullivan Street, travel, vacation 14 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey

IMG_7834 - Version 2 — Crosswalk on Bleecker Street at Carmine Street

April 6, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Bleecker Street, Journey, New York City, photography, postaday, suitcase, travel, vacation, weekly photo challenge, West Village 27 Comments

Vincenzo Displays Easter Breads in Preparation for Sunday

Pasticceria Rocco. 243 Bleecker Street. When Mary and I had our hot cross buns and cappuccino, this nice young man gave me a detailed tour of the pastries in all the glass cases. He knew I was from out of town. When we returned the next evening he was there and I asked if I might take his photo. He reached for the loaves (Egg Bread and Panettone) and was an enthusiastic subject. Friday, the devout are fasting and not considering eating the delicious breads until Sunday but you should have seen the Egg Cookies being wrapped up in white boxes and tied with string, flying out of the place! The Struffoli looked enticing, too.

photo-78 — Easter Egg Cookies, not the Egg Bread.

April 6, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Baking, Cooking and Eating, PhotographyTags: bakery, baking, Bleecker Street, Easter breads, food, Italian pastry, New York City, Pasticceria Rocco, photography, Rocco Pastry, strufoli, travel, vacation, West Village 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Path

From the smallest town in the whole wide world- Hum. Seriously. It is in the Guinness Book of Records. Hum, Croatia. Population 17-23 depending which site you read. The towns medieval gates are from the 11th century. My friend Dorothy Holley loved this photo. I took it when I visited Matthew Summer 2008. I have a print of it framed in my bedroom and from my bed I can imagine myself walking up the path, the pile of logs ready for the winter. Path brings to my mind the words beaten or dirt, a clearing in the woods or the bicycle path by the river, but I like this stone path. Looked up the definition and I think this photo meets the weekly photo challenge: path.

(from the freedictionary.com ) –

the definition of path

n. pl. paths (p

z, pä

z, p

ths, päths)

1. A trodden track or way.

2. A road, way, or track made for a particular purpose: a bicycle path.

3. The route or course along which something travels or moves: the path of a hurricane.

4. A course of action or conduct: the path of righteousness.

5. Computer Science

a. A sequence of commands or a link between points that is needed to reach a particular goal.

b. A pathname.

[Middle English, from Old English pæth; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]

September 5, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Family, Photography, Photos in CroatiaTags: Croatia, family, Hum, Istria, photography, postaday2011, smallest town in the world, travel, vacation, weekly photo challenge: path 26 Comments

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