As seen from the Diamond or Market Square, the surface of the tower reflects the cumulus clouds scudding through the sky.
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Fall Comes to Seldom Seen
Early fall colors are appearing in the Saw Mill Run valley along the Beechview–Seldom Seen Greenway.
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Cleaning the Wall at Seldom Seen
Climbers scrubbing the stone wall above Saw Mill Run outside the Seldom Seen Arch.
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St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Carnegie
There are two Ukrainian churches in Carnegie. The Catholic one is an enlarged Quonset hut. This one is an Art Nouveau interpretation of traditional Ukrainian architecture by the Hungarian architect Titus de Bobula. Together with its next-door neighbor, the Russian Orthodox church, it makes this corner of Carnegie look exotically East European.
The effect is even more curious when the distinctively Ukrainian domes are seen through a distinctively American maze of utility cables.
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The View from Mount Washington, in Two Colors
The skyline on a perfect day, rendered in old-postcard colors.
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The View from Mount Washington, in Black and White
It was a perfect day for skyline pictures, with puffy white clouds filling the sky. This is how it looked in black and white.
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A Green Bee
Father Pitt believes this is Agapostemon virescens. The world of entomology is one old Pa Pitt wishes he had entered into earlier; a whole universe of fascinating wildlife surrounds us, and some of these animals are shockingly beautiful. The flower is a Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis).
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Abbott Ice and Packing Plant, Carnegie
You can still see the name “Abbott” in dimmer letters, but the chimney now points the way to Standard Ceramic.
Would you like to see the same picture done up as an old postcard? The two-color process creates an interesting effect, and it may be amusing to compare it with the natural-color rendition above.
