Tag Archives: Downtown Milwaukee

AI and my iPhone

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I discovered a cool AI feature in my iPhone 16’s photo-editing tools yesterday: an image eraser! Remember yesterday’s post about the fog-draped office building on an otherwise sunny afternoon? Here’s the interesting background on how I very quickly edited that … Continue reading →

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Patchy fog, sunny afternoon

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Strange weather in Milwaukee today. We began with drizzle in the early morning, like 5:00 AM, which then turned into a thick fog for the drive downtown. I was working in my office all day, and by mid-day everything outside … Continue reading →

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Central Library, Milwaukee Public Library

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

If you Google Milwaukee’s Central Library, you’ll see images of a gorgeous Neo-Renaissance-style (according to Wikipedia) building. And it’s true: The Central Library is a work of art. It was originally home to the Public Museum, a history of which … Continue reading →

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Urban trees with a purple glow

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Just another photo from my day. Actually, this one is from my evening. Tonight was the MSOE Scholarship and Donor Dinner, an event where donors who fund scholarships get to sit down and share a meal with the students who … Continue reading →

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Writing exercise – “Common Comrades” (a horror poem)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

This poem was a response to a writing-exercise prompt for my writing group. My original plan was to submit to literary journals with hopes of publishing. I haven’t done that sort of thing in many, many years and would like … Continue reading →

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Wavy Van

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

The strong horizontal lines of the building just south of my office got bent big time along the curves of this van on the street below my window. I wasn’t going to post this photo, as it’s really nothing special, … Continue reading →

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Sunlit

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a photo from my day, taken of the atrium staircase in the Grohmann Museum shortly before my 1:00 class this afternoon. I liked the way sunlight brightened up the railings as it angled in through the glass. That’s all😀

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Sparkling snowfall on a brilliant, sunny day

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Captured on Broadway outside the Campus Center at Milwaukee School of Engineering after class late last week on the way back to my office (in the Grohmann Museum, the building seen at the left of this video). Sadly my phone … Continue reading →

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Venus and Crescent Moon over Milwaukee

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I wish I also could have gotten Red Arrow Park’s ice skating rink at the bottom of this photo, but it was windy and cold, and I was walking to my parking garage after work. Plus this was the first … Continue reading →

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Abstraction: Office Building Foyer

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Just really liked the various lines and colors. The “whole” isn’t so interesting, but a closeup in isolation is kind of fun. For comparison, here’s the bigger picture of the building’s entrance, taken from farther away.

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