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Tag Archives: winter
Heat Wavesđ
The little crinkle-flashes you see along the sidewalk are literally heat waves. There’s a set of vents about seven feet up the wall on the side of our Campus Center building that exhausts (exhales? like the building is alive and … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged Coping strategies, heat vents, Milwaukee, visible heat waves, winter
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Daylight savings (robbing Peter to pay Paul)
These first evenings after daylight savings time ends are always disorienting. When youâre used to leaving work under an orange, twilight sky, the abrupt shift to stepping out into darkness is too jarring to make sense of. For example, my … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee
Tagged daylight savings time, Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, winter
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Clipping a Snowbird’s Wings
Sometime last winter I began thinking about how nice it would be someday when I’m older to spend the colder months of the year in a warmer climate. When I started casually thinking about where, I got it in my … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged assumptions, Flagstaff, retirement living, snowbirds, winter
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Winter’s Bright
More snow Friday and Sunday, but Milwaukee is getting lots of sunshine today. So often bright sun in winter means bitter cold, but today it’s pretty warm outside. I didn’t even need my scarf or gloves walking between buildings, although … Continue reading
Nearly Sunset
Which is coming earlier and earlier every evening, thank goodness. Last week I noticed that for the first time this winter it wasn’t dark as I was leaving work. I took this picture on my way out the door this … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged office building reflections, sunset, winter
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When you forecast the weather in Wisconsin
Milwaukee’s Fox 6 meteorologist Rob Haswell walks the talkđ
Approaching “Lake Effect” Snow
A high-pressure system to our north is causing a strong breeze to come in from the northeast. As the cold Canadian air crosses over the warmer water of Lake Michigan, it is picking up moisture, forming it into dark clouds … Continue reading
Melting ice at Red Arrow skating rink
Last week Friday the temperature was 0Âș on our back porch thermometer when I let the dogs out first thing in the morning. Today the high is supposed to hit 63Âș. Quite a change, (to which my sinuses can attest … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged melting ice, Red Arrow Park, signs of early spring, Slice of Ice skating rink, winter
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Sunlit Gas Flame (photo)
Anyone who lives in Milwaukee or has driven on the elevated freeway loop south of Downtown knows the Wisconsin Gas Building, a beautiful Art Deco tower topped by a weather beacon in the shape of a flame. The flame changes … Continue reading
Winter Crab Apples (photo)
What’s this? Up in our tree . . . ? More crab apples! Remember when I wrote about our crab apple tree last September? I guess I haven’t spent time in our yard since winter started (brrr!), but I was surprised … Continue reading