Category Archives: Milwaukee

“Slice of Ice” almost ready!

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

County parks workers began putting down the water earlier this week, and today I saw the Zamboni smoothing over the snow we got yesterday. I’m at Starbucks (of course😄), which is apparently the only Starbucks in the U.S. and probably … Continue reading →

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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

My first reaction upon seeing the flag at half mast in Milwaukee’s Red Arrow Park this morning was: “Oh no! What happened?” Then about two seconds later I remembered. Today is December 7th. The clip below of the USS Arizona … Continue reading →

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A different view of the new Milwaukee Bucks Arena

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

I spotted the new Milwaukee Bucks Arena on the way to Starbucks for coffee this morning. Do you see it? Do you now? For comparison, here is a photo I took of the arena under construction back in July: As … Continue reading →

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Birch and Moon

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

My old iPhone doesn’t take the best photos at night, but when I saw the moon shining through the branches of our birch tree as I arrived home from work, I couldn’t resist at least giving it a try.

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A Puzzle in Tree Shadows

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Such strange light mid-morning today. Very bright sun in a cloudless sky, yet also somehow very “gauzy.” It’s not hazy today, nor is it humid or even slightly overcast, so the gauzy quality makes no sense. But you can see … Continue reading →

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Tree Climbing

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a shadow that caught my eye around noon today. I like how the tree seems to be growing out of the doorway and spreading up the wall. I’ve seen whimsical fairy/gnome doorways in trees before . . . But this … Continue reading →

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Functionality in search of purpose

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Although I’ve noticed this item in the corner of a classroom I teach in this quarter, I never looked closely at it until today, when it was in a slightly different location. I almost didn’t recognize what it was. That’s … Continue reading →

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Architectural Correspondence

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

A random thought as I looked across the street while waiting for the light. MSOE’s Campus Center was once the Blatz Brewing Bottle House. Doesn’t that row of vertical stone columns rounding the corner look a bit like a string … Continue reading →

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Pedestrian Sidewalk Canopy

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Looks like they’re getting ready to do some repair work on the German-English Academy Building. I was struck this afternoon by the crisscrossed geometry of shadow and scaffolding (hence the pic 🙂 )

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After Hours – Grohmann Museum

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Katherine Wikoff

Took this photo last night shortly before leaving work. The galleries were closed but were illuminated by the rays of evening sunlight coming through the atrium. I especially liked how the sculpture on the left seemed to float in the … Continue reading →

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