rooftops
Chimney and roofline of the house next door fit against our house like puzzle pieces.
daylilies
Are now in bloom in the back yard.
gravel road
Spent much of the weekend in the country – took walks, laughed a lot, sang some, read and drew.
dusk
View from the front porch, looking down the avenue.
rose
“New Dawn,” pale pink and fragrant, tumbles through a small tree in the back yard, draping the branches with borrowed bloom.
hillside
Another wooded hillside in Pittsburgh. This happens to be in the Bloomfield neighborhood.
implosion cycle
We saw and recorded the first half of this 1-minute video this morning, a few blocks from home. The second half is just there because it makes me happy.
parking lot entrance
Grating set into the driveway, at the edge of a parking lot on the South side of Pittsburgh.
hillside in the park
Spring still feels tentative – as if it could be rescinded at any moment – but we are seeing more hours of light and the leaves are out of bud.
looking up
View from a chair in our backyard: honeysuckle against a blue sky, the vine just beginning to come into leaf.
buildings and clouds
Another view of the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
daffodils
One of these years, I will remember to plant early-blooming daffodil bulbs. Our garden is only just beginning to show color here and there, so for the moment, we have flowers from the grocery store.
light poles
Behind the library – we were waiting in the parking lot while one person returned books.
sidewalk
In the blocks nearest my house, Coral is something between a street and an alley, passing along the backs and sides of houses until it gets closer to the old elementary school.
by the tracks
We were walking along the freight tracks below Lower Bloomfield, and I saw this building near the curve.
Won’t you be my neighbor?
“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like, if each of us offered as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person… One kind word has a wonderful way of turning into many.” -Fred Rogers
Tomorrow, March 20, is Mr. Rogers birthday. People all over the world are invited to participate by wearing a sweater, listening to someone, or doing something thoughtful. Since I’m from Pittsburgh, I’ll be celebrating. More information about the day is here, but turn down the volume before you click.
hillside
We walked along the tracks beneath the Bloomfield Bridge… Pittsburgh is full of steep hillsides and unexpected neighborhoods.
apartments
I walk past these buildings on the way home from school. (I’ve come to think of the satellite dishes as barnacles.)
created for a bookstore’s fifth birthday
near Motor Square Gardens
Snow flurries in the air. (We are waiting for spring.)
neighbor’s window
Were it not for the branches that extend beyond the edge of her house, I might think that the tree is inside her upstairs bathroom.
(This is Pittsburgh drawing 100, by the way. Thank you so much for inviting me to this gathering.)
wires overhead
Telephone wires and power lines lace the sky in my neighborhood.
late clementine
I don’t know about the groundhog, but this clementine saw its shadow and is predicting six more weeks of winter.
light and trees
At the edge of a parking lot in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
chair, snow
This is my backyard in Pittsburgh today, summer’s furniture half-covered in snow, trees without leaves, and yet a landscape expectant: full of hope and possibility. The daylight hours are lengthening.