Category Archives: Milwaukee

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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January raindrops

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

  Today we are supposed to hit a record-high temperature of around sixty degrees.  Heavy fog during the night and early morning gave way to rush-hour rain.  By the time I took this photo, right before teaching my first class of … Continue reading →

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Snow!

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

Well, after a record-setting 288 days without measurable snowfall, Milwaukee finally saw some flakes today.  Below is a photo taken about 1:30 p.m., when I left my office to get some lunch.  The tree branches were just beginning to acquire … Continue reading →

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It’s beginning to look a lot like . . . St. Patrick’s Day?

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

My favorite Starbucks establishment is just a few blocks away from my office, at Red Arrow Park at the corner of Water and State in downtown Milwaukee.  It is the only Starbucks I know of that’s located in a park … Continue reading →

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Runner in the night fog

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

It’s a foggy evening here in Milwaukee.  Only after I’d already taken this photo did I realize that someone was running toward me down the middle of the street.  Kind of an eerie night, but peaceful and quiet.  Nothing except the … Continue reading →

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Sonia – Blues Radio DJ

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

Last week Friday I was fortunate to spend time in the radio booth with Sonia, who hosts “The Blues Drive” every Friday afternoon on 91.7 WMSE (“Frontier Radio, anti-established in 1981”), a radio station owned and operated by Milwaukee School … Continue reading →

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Chasing light – afternoon sun in the city

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

When I left my office around 5:00 this afternoon, the first thing that caught my eye was this tree’s orange leaves, illuminated by the slanting rays of the sun.  The tree fairly glowed in the shadows of downtown Milwaukee office buildings beneath … Continue reading →

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Double helix – fire escape and shadow

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

I hope you’re not tired of photos.  Because here’s another one I took this morning of the fire escape winding down the side of Milwaukee’s City Hall.  The only camera I had with me (again) was my iPod Touch, so … Continue reading →

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