Category Archives: Milwaukee

A pause for river traffic at the Wisconsin Avenue drawbridge

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

One of the joys of living in a city with a navigable river is encountering its drawbridges.  Around noon yesterday I happened to be two cars back when the Wisconsin Avenue bridge was raised to accommodate one of the larger … Continue reading →

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Slight chance of sunshine

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Foggy morning in Milwaukee.  You can barely make out the sun peeking over the corner of the building at center, a circle of light only a shade brighter than the surrounding mist.  This is a color photo, by the way.  No … Continue reading →

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Tight squeeze: a tree grows in Milwaukee (photo)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Seems like I’m always looking up.  Does that make me an optimist? 🙂  Here’s what I saw during this morning’s coffee run. From this angle, doesn’t the tree remind you at least a little of Samson pulling down the temple?

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“Criss-cross” (photo)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Really liked the intersecting lines and distorted angles of the condensation trail, power lines, and downtown buildings.  So I had to take a photo 🙂  Just finished teaching and am ready to call it a day.  Happy Tuesday evening!

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First Food Truck Friday!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I spotted the first food truck of the season in front of Red Arrow Park on Water Street shortly after 1:00 this afternoon.  I didn’t notice any customers, so maybe it was just a practice run.  Such a happy sight, … Continue reading →

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The banality of evil (Boston Marathon bombing)

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

A death in Milwaukee last week got me thinking about the nature of evil. Patrick Kennedy (NOT evil), the Milwaukee police detective to whom serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (evil) confessed his heinous crimes, died last Thursday of an apparent heart attack.  … Continue reading →

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#iphoneography

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I just discovered a terrific Twitter hashtag: #iphoneography.  (There are also parallel hashtags #iphonegraphy and #iphonography.) If you love photography, you’ll enjoy following this “conversation.”  You probably already know about it, in fact.  I’m usually late to the party. Basically #iphoneography, … Continue reading →

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Downtown Milwaukee fog (photo)

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Remember my “Leading Edge” photo from Tuesday evening?  I took this picture after my film studies class ended last night, from basically the same spot. Thunderstorms the past two days, with rising temps up to about 60 degrees.  I think … Continue reading →

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Water soccer? (photo)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I know there’s such a thing as water polo.  How about water soccer?  As this photo I took from my car this morning shows, the Menomonee River has overrun its banks, flooding a nearby soccer field.  In some places the … Continue reading →

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The leading edge (photo)

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I took this picture walking back to my office from my film studies class tonight.  Such an interesting sky!  To the north, all was completely clear.  But to the south, there was heavy cloud cover.  The line running from west … Continue reading →

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