Category Archives: Photography

“S” is for sewer

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I mean, how else could I have titled this photo? 🙂 (It’s actually a Styrofoam packing peanut.)

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Box Elder Gold on Ice

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

This is the junkiest, ugliest tree in the neighborhood—a female box elder.  Not only does it drop seed pods constantly throughout the year, but it also harbors box elder bugs.  Most of the time these red bugs stick close to … Continue reading →

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Wind-sculpted snowdrift

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

I noticed this snowdrift up against our fence late this afternoon—and would love to learn more about the physics behind the beautiful swirls and ridges of sand dunes and snowdrifts.  I’m sure it has something to do with the granular nature of sand … Continue reading →

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Flocked

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

The near-blizzard snowstorm over the weekend left city streets a mess, with gigantic piles of snow at intersections so tall that it’s hard for someone in a compact car to see oncoming traffic. But I just stopped off at Starbucks … Continue reading →

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Empty nests, awaiting summer occupants

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

  They look so lonely up there in the naked trees 🙂 But there’s a reassuring permanence about them at the same time.  When spring comes, these nests will be here to shelter baby songbirds again, as they have for several years … Continue reading →

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Deco on Rye

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Okay, my title is like a bad pun.  But that’s what I thought of when I saw such a tiny building squeezed into the space between two larger and older buildings. A sandwich 🙂 This somewhat out of place Art Deco building is part … Continue reading →

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Coffers and Corinthians

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

A trip to the dentist took me past City Hall again for the second time in a couple months. In December it had been probably a few years since I’d been able to get up close, thanks to the scaffolding … Continue reading →

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Perspective (2)

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Katherine Wikoff

Bright sunshine today for the first time in maybe a week. Had to pull down the blinds in my office . . . at which point I noticed another “perspective”-type convergence of lines similar (vaguely) to my post last Friday, … Continue reading →

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