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Category Archives: Milwaukee
A Reminder: Count Your Blessings
Every time I drive past this burnt-out house, it serves as a stark reminder that bad things can happen to any of us at any time. It’s too easy to focus on what’s not going right in my life. Seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Blessings, positive attitude, positive mindset
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The “Kicker”
I couldn’t think of a good title for this post (“Cement and Metal”???) until I circled back to the one detail that had caught my eye in the first place and made this a photo worth snapping. Because I’m teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Movies and film, Photography
Tagged Downtown Milwaukee, edge lighting, kicker, Milwaukee, photography, Red Arrow Park, rim lighting
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Man at Work (front entrance on a rainy day)
Came across this photo of the Grohmann Museum’s entrance (taken from just inside the front door on a rainy day) as I was going through my phone to find good pictures for a slideshow I’m putting together of the new … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged abstract photography, Downtown Milwaukee, Grohmann Museum, lines in photography, Milwaukee, Sign
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Grohmann Museum, atrium and elevator shaft
Not a lot to say about this picture except that I liked all the parallel lines running at different angles. I’m a real sucker for parallel lines π
Posted in architecture, Art, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged atrium, glass elevator shaft, Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee, parallel lines
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Under Construction: Milwaukee Streetcar Rails from MSOE’s “Bridge”
The orange barrels looked so striking in the evening sunlight as I walked across the “Bridge” between the Science and Library buildings (yes, they do have more official names; see the campus map here π ) that I had to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee streetcar
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Sign of Spring
Workers hosed out the remaining ice yesterday, and today the rink at Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park looks like its summer self. It still feels like winter, even if sunny and mid-March mild, but here is a hint of warmer days … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged Milwaukee, signs of early spring, Slice of Ice skating rink
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