the click and the soul catcher

Nickel Plate Road No. 765, a 404-ton Berkshire steam locomotive, rambles along the rails near the Strip District as it makes its way through southwestern Pennsylvania on Monday, May 13, 2013 on its way to Altoona. The Fort Wayne, Indiana based locomotive is traveling through the area for an event to carry Norfolk Southern employees around Horseshoe Curve May 18 and 19 and then for public trips around the bend between Lewistown and Gallitzin from May 25-27. Tickets for the public trips sold out within 24 hours in February. No. 765 again will pass through the Pittsburgh region on May 29 and stop at the Conway rail yard in Beaver County. The steam locomotive covered more than 4,000 miles last year in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania operating employee-appreciation excursions for Norfolk Southern’s 30th anniversary.

Scenes from the Center for PostNatural History, Pittsburgh, PA. Director of Science and Learning Lauren Allen (left), 29, of Garfield, and director and founder Rich Pell, 37, of Garfield at the Center for PostNatural History in Garfield on Sunday, April 14, 2013. The “PostNatural”, explains Pell, refers to living organisms that have been altered through processes such as selective breeding or genetic engineering.  Read more at the Tribune-Review here.

The crowd goes wild at the start of The Penguins verses The Islanders playoff game as they watch from the “Fan Zone” in the parking lot across from Consol Energy Center in Downtown on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

David Blair, 19, of Hazelwood, is silhouetted against the Pittsburgh skyline as he watches The Penguins verses The Islanders playoff game from the “Fan Zone” in the parking lot across from Consol Energy Center in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Blacksmith Jymm Hoffman, 53, of Ambridge works on making nails for a canon carriage being made for the historical Fort Meigs in his forge in Ambridge.  ”It really comes from a love of history,” says Hoffman, on his path to becoming a historical blacksmith. 

Scenes from the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon…

The men and women elite runners coming through Shadyside.

“Worst. Parade. Ever.” has to be one of my favorite marathon signs.

Mariachi band keeps the feeling festive for Cinco de Marathon.

A running group from the Boston area enjoys a post-marathon pint.

Paul Mickey, 68, of Champion, takes a ride through Boyce Park with Moses the dog.

Spring has finally sprung in Pittsburgh… and so life is good.

Sisters Peyton (left), 2, and Addison Lang, 1, of Millvale, eat popsicles as they cruise down the street in Millvale in their toy cars.

April showers bring May flowers…

Mark Soxman, 35, of Shaler, waters plants for sale inside a greenhouse at JuneRose Garden Center in Plum.

City of Pittsburgh Public Works worker Ron Nese, 61, of Lawrenceville, paints the sides of the swimming pool at the Bloomfield Recreation Center on Monday, April 22, 2013. Nese says he has been painting Pittsburgh pools for 30 years. “This is our first one, we still have all the rest of them to do,” says Nese of the first day of touch-up painting for the city pools. He said they would use around 90 gallons of paint on the Bloomfield swimming pool alone.

Venus and the deer skull.

Iconographer Dr. George Kordis, 56, of Athens, Greece, draws figures with charcoal along the dome of the new Holy Trinity Church in McCandless Township on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The church, which has outgrown its location in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood, is also moving to be more central to its congregation says Father John Touloumes. Read more at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review here.

Tribal belly dancer Jennifer Senn of Fox Chapel exits through the stage curtains after performing with her dance group Khafif Music and Dance at the International Food and Dance Festival at CCAC North Campus.

“For a perfect hand you need all five.” Carrie Furnaces. Rankin, PA.