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Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
On the spur of the moment, Marshall and I went to the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival http://www.pittsburghrenfest.com/ on Saturday. What a fun and friendly place. We invited our old friend http://www.myspace.com/tccelticRead more... ) -
Margaret McDonald Phillips
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Last Night...
Last night, I suddenly found myself standing on the edge of a stoney shore looking out into an amazing dark green sea with the most peculiar waves. An impressive dream so much like this art ( Read more... ) -
Semi Abandoned
Although this house is lived in, the third floor has been abandoned for years ( Read more... ) -
Twisted
We went to a nice party on the South Side last night at the home of a professional photographer and her husband who writes for Pittsburgh's City Paper ( Read more... ) -
Discovery
At one time you had to risk your life to discover and create a natural history collection. Now you can safely make discoveries from the comforts of your boudoir, with your laptop computer, sipping fresh squeezed lemonade, or whatever your drink of choice is.
I was so excited when I discovered this website on Victorian Microscope Slides slides, ( Read more... ) -
City Life- Oakland, Pittsburgh
My little city shade garden is at it's lowest point this time of year- just before the ferns and hostas start to push green sprouts up through rotting leaves. Twigs, and bird seed litter the ground, the bricks and the marble top table.
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A Magical Day
I went on my usual two mile walk along Ellsworth Ave., but this time I decided to go a little further to explore some of the antique shops there ( Read more... ) -
Hero Saves Lunatic...
Watt's Memorial of Heroic Deeds in Postman's Park. Photos from Suzan Delivuk.
In her own words:
"I found this lovely tiny park over 10 years ago whilst getting lost coming out of the Museum of London...the tiles were so haunting and there was a small alcove with a black sculpted head saying this memorial was made by G.F. Watts..."
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