A fine piece of glass, though the symbolism may be a bit muddled. The parting of the clouds and the heavenly radiance suggest that the dove represents the Holy Spirit; the leaf in its beak suggests Noah’s dove (Genesis 8:10-11).
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Cathedral of Learning from Greenfield
We took similar pictures in early spring; now here is the view in the late summer, considerably leafier.
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Highland Park Entrance Portal
Giuseppe Moretti, one of Pittsburgh’s two favorite sculptors (the other being Frank Vittor), gave us the statuary on the Highland Avenue entrance to Highland Park. Moretti loved Pittsburgh, and predicted it would be the Athens of America; Pittsburghers probably laugh when they read that, but if they counted the number of priceless sculptures and great works of architecture they passed every day, they might realize that Moretti was closer to right than they thought.
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Salamander Trail, Fox Chapel
In early September, countless thousands of Wingstem flowers (Actinomeris alternifolia) line the Salamander Trail in Fox Chapel. Wingstem can grow up to ten feet high when it’s happy. This picture is how old Pa Pitt always wants to remember late summer.
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Squaw Run, Fox Chapel
Late-summer flowers line the banks of the Squaw Run as it meanders through Salamander Park in Fox Chapel.
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Spider on a Purple Coneflower
A large spider waits for customers on a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) in a park in Fox Chapel. Perhaps an arachnophile correspondent can identify the spider.
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Church of the Ascension
Right on the border between Oakland and Shadyside, the Church of the Ascension is one of the diminishing number of black stone buildings in Pittsburgh. Father Pitt hopes that his pictures will preserve the memory of our black stones when the last stone building has been sandblasted.
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Mourner on the Braun Mausoleum, Carrick
The South Side Cemetery in Carrick does not have monuments by famous architects like the ones in the Allegheny Cemetery, but some of its residents did have good taste in sculpture.
