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Window Curtains on a Rainy Afternoon

Date: 06 13 2015
Description: Interior view of sheer curtains edged in lace covering a window. On the lace runner covering the ledge along the window are decorative items, including a c...
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Lakeside Street at Noon

Date: 06 16 2015
Description: View down sidewalk towards a railroad crossing. Storefronts are along the sidewalk across the street, with cars parked along the curb in front.
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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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Chemotherapy Room at the Hospital

Date: 03 02 2015
Description: Solveig, the photographer's wife, sitting in a chair by a window reading a newspaper. A coffee cup is sitting on the window sill next to her, and magazines...
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Tree Trunk with Snow on Monona Bay

Date: 11 20 2014
Description: View looking down along the trunk of a willow tree arching down and resting on the ice covering Monona Bay. There is snow on the tree and the rocks along t...
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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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At Water's Edge

Date: 09 2013
Description: View from shoreline of a lake. In the foreground is the trunk and branches of a fallen tree resting low in the rocks and grasses. In the distance is the fa...
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Turtle

Date: 09 2013
Description: A small turtle moves along the sand at the Henry Vilas Zoo. Next to the reptile (tortoise) is the morning dish of nibbles. A plastic cactus is in the backg...
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Car Wash Octopus

Date: 10 2013
Description: A rotating sculpture of a smiling octopus on a sign for "Octopus Car Wash." The octopus is holding a bucket, washcloths, and a squeegee in its arms.
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Cemetery

Date: 10 2013
Description: A grove of trees growing behind a line of gravestones at Forest Hill Cemetery, and what may be an effigy mound. Fallen leaves are on the grass.
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Traveling from Ashton

Date: 11 2013
Description: Statue of Saint Peter the fisherman in a churchyard. Saint Peter is looking up toward the sky, and holding a net of fish in both hands.
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Art Gallery

Date: 12 2013
Description: Postmodern works of art hanging, somewhat chaotically, on a corner wall. There are photographs of people combined with found object sculptures. Other sculp...
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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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Apparition on the Wall

Date: 02 2014
Description: A small framed picture of a bird hanging on the wall near a wooden cabinet with glass doors. Above the picture is a white shape created by a reflection of ...
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Shop Window

Date: 04 2014
Description: View through a shop window which is displaying a variety of merchandise. The display includes miniature guitars, jewelry, earrings, and necklaces and key c...
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John Muir's Tracks

Date: 04 2014
Description: View of the display case of John Muir's mechanical clock desk, which is on the ground floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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A Bridge in May

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across water towards the weathered footbridge spanning the Tenney Park lagoon near Marston Avenue. The word "Marston" is carved into the side of the b...
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Whirligig

Date: 05 2014
Description: Close-up view of a decrepit wooden whirligig about to be retired. The paint on the figure of a man riding a horse is faded, and the blades of the whirligig...
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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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