Tag Archives: Milwaukee

Wildfire sun (in the style of Mark Rothko)

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Yesterday’s evening sun was a strange shade of intense orange, almost something you might expect to see in a Mark Rothko painting. (Like, for example, his “Orange and Yellow” canvas, found at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum: https://buffaloakg.org/artworks/k19568-orange-and-yellow.) I tried … Continue reading →

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I ASSURE YOU; WE’RE OPEN!

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Quite an existential feat this furniture store has managed to pull off! It is closed, as evidenced by the security gate across its entrance. It is open, as evidenced by the lit-up sign in the window. And it is timeless, … Continue reading →

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A rainy start to May

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Which is OK with me! The alternative for those of us who live in Wisconsin is 1-3 inches of snow, which the poor unfortunates who live about an hour north and west of Milwaukee are experiencing today. Additionally, today’s rain … Continue reading →

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After a March snowstorm, late afternoon

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

I just liked the overall mix of lines and light and color.😀 Would you like new posts delivered to your inbox? To subscribe, click here.

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Snowy branches outside my office window

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

Just a momentary distraction while pausing during my workday to make a cup of coffee. The snowy contrasts, including the slushy street, were striking enough to prompt a photo. Now back to my slideshow on elections and the Electoral College, … Continue reading →

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Nature vs. Human — Two very different types of lines

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

No judgment here as far as one type of line being better than the other. They’re just very different. And each beautiful in its own way😀 Would you like new posts delivered to your inbox? To subscribe, click here.

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Schoonmaker Reef

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

This is what a Silurian coral reef looks like, 425 million years later. I parked in the back/side lot at my local grocery store this morning while shopping for Thanksgiving. (The main lot gets very crowded on the day before … Continue reading →

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What a difference different light can make!

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

This post is a follow up to yesterday’s. I made another coffee run down the hill to Starbucks this morning. I think it was earlier in the day, so the sun was at a different place in the sky and … Continue reading →

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Blue sky, Grohmann Museum, and Juneau Village Towers

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

Took this photo yesterday as I walked back up the hill to my office in the Grohmann Museum (the building with the statues) from the Red Arrow Starbucks. The Juneau Village Towers (the tall building and the shorter, shadowed one … Continue reading →

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Market Street, evening

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

Taken after work tonight on Market Street, the one-block street that runs along behind the Campus Center at Milwaukee School of Engineering. The bright early evening sun was low in the sky, casting shadows down into the canyon created by … Continue reading →

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