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Capitol Dome, Off Center Wisconsin’s State Capitol Building underwent an exhaustive restoration, beginning in 1988 and finishing in 2002, at a total cost of nearly 160 million dollars. The main objective of the project was to convert the Capitol into a modern working building for government business while restoring and preserving its original 1917 [...] …and waiting and waiting and waiting Though Madison has five lakes in the city or just south of the city, it is usually called the City of Four Lakes. The four lakes are successive lakes of the Yahara River. In the summer, it’s great fun to launch a boat in Lake Mendota (“Fourth Lake”) [...] Pretty as a Picture These orchids grow throughout Mexico and south to Bolivia and Brazil in tropical forests. Usually they grow on the rotting parts of trees or rotting logs and trunks. Another photo from the Bolz Conservatory in the Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison. My favorite place to photograph when I’m in the [...] Here's Looking at You, Folks This guy didn’t seem to have much faith in the photographer nor the photographer’s equipment. Even after I capped my lens, folded my tripod, and turned away, I could feel his eyes piercing my back. Honest! When I turned around, he was still staring at me. So was he [...] Stained Glass Window in Grainger Hall Library This is a small part of a large stained glass window in the business building on the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus. I was trying to find something to photograph that didn’t send a chill of cold through my body, and thought I’d found the perfect [...] Roosting in the Bluffs Near the Mississippi River The Bald Eagles appear to be alive and well. A far cry from their story only a few decades ago, when America’s symbolic bird was on the Endangered Species list. I went to observe the eagles wintering along the Mississippi River. They tend to hang out [...] |
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