Category Archives: Milwaukee

The Tosa Turkeys

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Katherine Wikoff

I took this photo a few days ago in my local grocery store’s parking lot, where three wild turkeys stood guard near the entrance. For a couple years now, a flock of wild turkeys has been strutting around the city … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Nature, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Why I love my Starbucks

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Katherine Wikoff

Before the pandemic hit, I would walk to the Red Arrow Starbucks down the hill from my office at least once a day. I’ve only been there a handful of times since. For a long time after my college moved … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Green light, rainy morning

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Katherine Wikoff

A nice, gentle spring rain was falling this morning as I waited for the light to change acros the street from my office. I loved the abstract image of the green light glowing through the circles of raindrops on one … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Trees Like Cotton

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Katherine Wikoff

Yesterday’s snow was so pretty, laying itself down thick and heavy on the tree branches. Everything was drenched in white. Then today in the sunshine all that snow started falling off in globs, leaving behind these odd clusters of “cotton” … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Abstraction in Snowy Branches

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Katherine Wikoff

I guess we’ll be shoveling later tonight, but meanwhile the snow is beautiful ❤️

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Snow in Repose

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo I took of a bench outside the Starbucks at Red Arrow Park. Winter can be pretty and even peaceful.

Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Seen walking back from the dentist

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Katherine Wikoff

It had been raining on the walk over from my office, but the sun was out by the time I left the dentist to start walking back. It’s only about a 15-minute walk, and I like to swing through Red … Continue reading →

Posted in Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Castoffs

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Photo taken today on the south side of Wisconsin Avenue, somewhere between 35th and 12th Streets; can’t recall exactly where. This struck me as an interesting assortment of “forgotten” things, so I took the picture while stopped at a traffic … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Corner offices, late afternoon in mid-December

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

We’re getting to that time of year when darkness falls in Milwaukee well before it’s time to leave work for the day. I took this photo yesterday at 4:17 pm. And guess what? Little did I know, that was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

No one plays here now

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Or ever. I pass this abandoned playground frequently, and during the late summer, as weeds grew up around the play equipment, I often thought about stopping to take a photo. Sometimes in slanted morning sunlight, mist hanging in the weeds … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography | Tagged , | 6 Comments