Icicles Backlit by Low Beams on Josephine St
When I left Tess’s house after Book Club, the snow and streetlights created a dramatic winter scene. She pointed out the giant icicles on the neighboring house. Walked to the corner and took a shot...
View ArticleSnowstorm Softens Skyline Edges
Coming back from training in the West End I pulled into the Cigna lot and took a couple of chilly shots. Although a color photo it appears to be black and white. Looked for lights in the city but...
View ArticleStanding Right in Front of Me
Last night we heard this song in the Rain show and today I was humming it and a few other Beatles tunes, all mixed up. A couple of friends are going to see Rain this week and then Sally wrote that she...
View ArticleSeven Robins and the Female Cardinal in the Backyard Tree
I thought the robins used to fly south! Find the female cardinal. The other day there were two red cardinals in the tree in the backyard. I couldn’t see them no matter how I squinted. Could really see...
View ArticleCarnegie Library in the Snow
Night light refelcted in the city, one of my favorite things to shoot- add the snow factor. Filed under: In the snow, Light in the City, Pittsburgh Photos, Things in the Snow Tagged: available light,...
View ArticleThe Carnegie Museum Fountains in Winter
Shooting a color photo that looks black and white is fun. These pods looked chilly and the sounds of the water splashing gave a shiver right under my wool coat and scarf. Ever watch kids play in...
View ArticleSchool Chairs & Chain Link Shadows in the Snow
Someone left the chairs out in the snow. Today the sun came out. I photographed these a couple of weeks ago and they just looked uninteresting to me. So not the whole chair, just a part. It was the...
View ArticleThe Passenger’s View
Took the eighth grade on a Field Trip to the Carnegie Museum of Art to view the Tennie Harris,Photographer: American Story show. We had a wonderful day. Here’s the view from the passenger seat. (note...
View ArticleSomeone Left a Fake Fur in the Snow
White snow on white fur. Too bright, the reflected light. But what looks like just a pile of snow is some white fake fur puddled on the sidewalk as I got out of the car to go into school Monday...
View ArticleI Drove Home in a Snow Globe
and of course, returned to the park. It’s just blocks from my house. And the light was low, the visibility poor. A stark and magnificent beauty in the midst of the storm. What were the trees doing...
View ArticleFeral Cat Face and Collective Nouns
I’d gotten home from school, opened the door, put my school bag down. When I went back to close the door, there was this face- asking. Asking to eat! This is one of the two feral cats who were my...
View ArticleSteelers Game in the Snow
I won the tickets. We parked on the North Side for free and walked to Heinz Field. We didn’t buy anything at the game. Not a hotdog or a foam finger or even a plastic tray of nachos. Nada! A...
View ArticleMother Mary in the Snow – Before the Puppeteer Painted Her
A few years ago this Mary statue was a curbside alert through the neighborhood listserve so I walked up to Winterton St. to save her from the trash. She was peeling paint and looking a bit worn....
View ArticleBy Their Sidewalks You Will Know Them – Guest Poet Timons Esaias- Originally...
First posted in February 2010 and again in 2013. Thanks Timons Esaias Guest Poet Tim’s Poem Came to Mind as I Admired the Concrete First Time in Two Weeks – Photographed Feb 2010 By Their Sidewalks...
View ArticleSchool Chairs & Chain Link Shadows in the Snow
Someone left the chairs out in the snow. Today the sun came out. I photographed these a couple of weeks ago and they just looked uninteresting to me. So not the whole chair, just a part. It was the...
View ArticleA Sweet Gift
Honey. Harvested by Cougar Canyon Apiary in Malott WA. Extracted with no heat. A wonderfully sweet gift from my brother David and his wife Carolee. Thank you I believe toast in the morning will be on...
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