Father Pitt

Category: Nature

  • Crocus Time

  • Witch Hazel in Bloom

    Hamamelis vernalis

    Ozark Witch Hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) blooms in any warm spell from January through March, filling the air with a delightfully strong perfume. When the weather freezes again, the petals curl up and wait for another warm spell. The bush is not native to Pittsburgh, but it is requires no care once it is established, and it does not make a pest of itself.

    Hamamelis vernalis

  • Yellow Crocus

    Blooming today in Beechview.

  • Imagine Spring

    Every once in a great while, old Pa Pitt attempts something artistic. In this case, he was deliberately imitating with his camera the effect of a painting in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Biches dans une forêt de sapins by Gustave Doré (better known these days for his book illustrations). Obviously the landscape of this hillside in Frick Park is very different from the stream valley in Doré’s painting, but old Pa Pitt was pleased with the effect of the light and the colors.

  • Ice Sculptures

  • Deciduous and Evergreen

  • Broken Tree

    In Mount Lebanon Cemetery.

  • A Moss-Covered Log

  • More of Saw Mill Run

  • Turbulence

    A waterfall and pool in Saw Mill Run at the Seldom Seen Arch.