Lighted Spaces and Landscapes

Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive

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  • It’s More Romantic than it Looks

    It’s not rousing architecture, it’s not a lot of things. It is however my first married home. We also moved from this residence hall at Marquette to one at Ohio State. I’ve lived in nicer places, but this has fond memories. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1999)

  • Drive, Don’t Walk

    I was on my “dam tour” during my Arizona sabbatical and made a stop at the Parker Dam. You were allowed to drive over this dam, but not walk. Ironically I also visited the Davis Dam that day. I was allowed to walk across the Davis Dam (just a little north) but not drive across it. (Parker Dam, California, 2005)

  • The Subject was Dogs

    When you are young you do wonderful, yet silly things. Why we thought owning two hound dogs was a good idea, I will not know–and yet we did. Betty the Beagle, and Rob the Hound Dog, were quite the pair. (Whitefish Bay, 2002)

  • It’s All Fun and Games Until. . .

    Until somebody winds up in the conehead. I can’t remember which ailment Bella was in confinement about. (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, 2010)

  • Not Exactly Where You Think it Is

    The flags probably give this away. The architecture is dutch but the locale is tropical. I took this when I was using fast food to teach about economic geography and supply logistics. I took a lot of fast food location shots–and a few in exotic locations. (Willemstad, Curaçao, 2003)

  • Polite Notice

    There is no need to be rude here. The message is direct. I love interesting signs and postings. (Lochinver, Scotland, 2018)

  • And the Trees Were Nice Too

    Out with Kathleen and Bella the Greyhound on a fabulous day on Lake Michigan. Seems like yesterday, but it was 45 years ago today that Kathleen and I went out for the first time.. (Kenosha, Wisconsin, 2013)

  • Autumn Day with an Old Dog

    Bella the Greyhound was very tolerant of this old dog. We had taken her for a long walk in the woods. This was always one of my favorite shot of the two of us. (Kenosha, Wisconsin, 2012)

  • A Little Nostalgic

    I have been down to Kenosha a few times in recent weeks. The lighthouse was purchased in 2011 and is privately owned. Living on the harbor was always beautiful–days like these were especially so. People forget that the weather around here is often spectaular in September and October–warm sun and cool breezes. (Kenosha, Wisconsin, 2012)

  • This was the only one like this

    I took a ton of shots of the Nā Pali Coast coast that day. Each one was lovely and full of the rich colors. This one was the odd one in the group and became my favorite and hung on my office wall for years. For some reason all the colors muted out of the image and the light and the clouds played nicely with each other. (Nā Pali Coast, Hawaii, 2008)