My Daily Travels

Independence Day just naturally has that way of making us think about BBQ, ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, Deviled eggs, baked beans, and red, white, and blue desserts. I love all of these foods, but John loves spicy chili, so I made him a lunch of chili cheese dogs with all of the... Sign in to see full entry.

After speaking with my brother yesterday about upgrades to our newly purchased home, and the many plants that I could purchase to draw in a larger variety of birds, I hadn't given blueberry plants a second thought even though they are my favorite fruit. Like me, he feeds the birds along with the... Sign in to see full entry.

Elfreth's Alley is named after Jeremiah Elfreth, an 18th-century blacksmith and property owner. Rich in history, among the alley's residents were tradesmen and their families, including shipwrights, silver and pewter smiths, glassblowers, and furniture builders. During the 1770s, one-third of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Rather than help themselves to the food that was put out on the ground for them to feast on, these two little furry thieves climbed up on the feeders and stole the bird's food. Sign in to see full entry.

In the 1840s and 1850s, as the Industrial Revolution and factory labor took hold in the United States, more women went to work outside the home. By 1840, 10% of women held jobs outside the household. That number rose to 25% by the latter part of the century. The neatly dressed woman in the photo was... Sign in to see full entry.

Last night, we enjoyed an evening outdoors downtown in our borough while listening to the band who played this week in our outdoor summer concert. Not surprisingly, the crowd was smaller than usual due to the code red weather report from the residual smoke that the Canadian fires are bringing our... Sign in to see full entry.

I have written before about the many animals that visit our yard, and while most are welcome to feast on the feed and seed that I leave out for them, skunks and snakes are most definitely not welcome to partake. This morning I was greeted with a hazy sky that almost nearly blocked my bridge and... Sign in to see full entry.

I have several different varieties of flowers in my yard that we have planted over the past nine years that we have lived in our home. Not that I am complaining, but once in a while, I find new flowers that I know I didn't plant, but there they are despite that fact. My best guess is that the many... Sign in to see full entry.

As seen in the photo below, there was a heavy stream of foot, car, and horse & buggy traffic along the Bellefield Bridge heading to and from the baseball game during the summer of 1909. Forbes Field served as the home playing field of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team from 1909 to... Sign in to see full entry.

Mondays are usually hectic at our house. We get comfortable over the weekend only to be greeted by a screaming 3:00 a.m. alarm clock early Monday morning. I woke up tired from the pollen shower that has recently afflicted our area, but now I am wide awake and thinking about dinner choices. Mondays... Sign in to see full entry.