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Early Morning Rooster Beside the House

Date: 04 23 2015
Description: A red statue of a rooster sitting in the dirt in front of the foundation of a house.
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Backyard at the Beginning of June

Date: 06 01 2015
Description: Elevated view of a woman, Solveig Quinney, pushing a wheelbarrow in her yard. Stepping stones in the lawn ring a garden plot. Other flowering bushes and pl...
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Spring Reunion and House Repair

Date: 04 04 2015
Description: View looking up at men and women posing along the railing of a porch for a group portrait.
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Sunflowers

Date: 09 2013
Description: Sunflower plant with giant weeping seed heads standing near a wire fence in a community garden in the autumn.
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Great Blue Heron in the Backyard

Date: 02 22 2015
Description: A painted, flat, yard sculpture of a blue heron sitting in the snow in the photographer's yard. A few dead plants are sticking up out of the snow.
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Hoya Flowering on the Balcony

Date: 04 25 2015
Description: View of a Hoya plant growing out of a glass jar filled with water sitting on a railing. The plant is sprouting waxy leaves and little pink flowers, and the...
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Return to Yahara Park Place on Lake Monona

Date: 08 22 2015
Description: View from shoreline of trees in silhouette growing along the shore of Lake Monona. A motor boat is far out on the lake. Homes and buildings are along the f...
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Street Fair

Date: 09 2013
Description: People walking on the street, some wearing costumes, at the Willy Street Fair. Behind them are booths along the curb.
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House in Town

Date: 01 2014
Description: View across snow-covered ground, towards the photographer'shouse with a front deck. The winter landscape includes a wood fence and tree on the left.
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Shoppers and Strollers

Date: 06 2014
Description: Crowd of men and women walking on the sidewalk along a row of booths selling farm produce.
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Yahara Park Place at Lake Monona

Date: 09 03 2014
Description: View across lawn towards Lake Monona through the trees and tall grasses growing along the shoreline. There is a bench in the foreground next to a dirt path...
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From the Balcony in Winter

Date: 01 09 2015
Description: View looking down at snow covering a yard. There are bushes, plants and a bird bath in the center. In the background on the left is a fence, as well as a b...
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Snowbound After the Storm

Date: 02 02 2015
Description: View up snow-covered stairs leading up to a porch of the photographer's house. A wreath is hanging on a large brick chimney near the front door. Bushes are...
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Japanese White Lilac in the Rain

Date: 06 08 2015
Description: View on a rainy day looking down from a porch towards a yard with trees, flowering bushes, and a Japanese white lilac in bloom. Across the street is a hous...
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Hail Mary in the Window at Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View through window looking into a cafe at a paper mache statue of Mary stepping on the head of a snake on top of a globe of the Earth.
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Sandhill Crane Sign at the Arboretum

Date: 01 11 2015
Description: A sign with a large photograph of the head of a Sandhill crane is standing at the edge of a forest on a trail. The ground is covered in snow. There are hou...
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Below Zero at Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 02 14 2015
Description: View of snow-covered Memorial Union Terrace, with large, dark-colored outdoor pots, and silver metal flagpoles spaced along the railing overlooking Lake Me...
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End of the Ice Fishing Season

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: View from rocks shoreline of people walking or fishing on the snow- and ice-covered lake near a red ice fishing hut. Other fishing huts are in the distance...
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Camp Randall

Date: 09 2013
Description: The preserved guardhouse on the site of Camp Randall under a protective awning. The guardhouse is made of wood and has metal screening in the small window ...
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Museum Window

Date: 06 2014
Description: View of the capital and the square through a window on the top floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. Three people are walking on the sidewalk a...

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