Monthly Archives: June 2016

Old World Wisconsin

Posted on June 22, 2016 by JohnMatel

Old World Wisconsin is an open air museum that shows daily life in Wisconsin immigrant communities in the 19th Century. The buildings were moved from various parts of Wisconsin and reassembled on site. There are reenactments who explain how things … Continue reading →

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Bay View trees

Posted on June 21, 2016 by JohnMatel

Then we have trees around the old neighborhood, personal friends. The first picture shows linden trees. They were planted when I was in Junior HS, so they have been there about 45 years. The bigger one was planted second. Kids … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee in the park

Posted on June 21, 2016 by JohnMatel

Milwaukee has lots of good things. Among them are beer, brats and parks. We went to a Chill on the Hill concert by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at Humboldt Park. They now have a beer garden in the park and … Continue reading →

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Ice Age geography

Posted on June 21, 2016 by JohnMatel

Went up to Mauthe Lake to get my fix of glacier landscape. Mauthe Lake is a gift of the glaciers. During the last ice age, which ended only 11,000 years ago, Wisconsin was covered by ice. Ice ages last a … Continue reading →

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The plus side of GMOs

Posted on June 21, 2016 by JohnMatel

A lot of people fear GMOs. I do not, at least no more than I fear (respect) electricity, fire or power tools. As with every new development, we need to be circumspect. Transgenic plants and animals will not be a … Continue reading →

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Mauthe Lake

Posted on June 21, 2016 by JohnMatel

Went up to Mauthe Lake to get my fix of glacier landscape. Mauthe Lake is a gift of the glaciers. During the last ice age, which ended only 11,000 years ago, Wisconsin was covered by ice. Ice ages last a … Continue reading →

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Grant Park forest evolution

Posted on June 20, 2016 by JohnMatel

Grant Park is a place I have been going from my whole life. My parents took me there as a kid and it used to be part of my running trail, so I have been observing it now for more … Continue reading →

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Grant Park South Milwaukee

Posted on June 20, 2016 by JohnMatel

  Continuing on changes in Grant Park, you see a previously mowed field being left to regeneration. I noticed what I thought were red flowers, but a closer look showed that they are little maple trees. Evidently Grant Park solved … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee getting around

Posted on June 20, 2016 by JohnMatel

Safe House is a cold war themed bar near downtown. I have not been there since the cold war was actually still one. Went there with my sister Chis yesterday. You still have to go in through the secret bookcase … Continue reading →

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Dawes Arboretum, Ohio

Posted on June 18, 2016 by JohnMatel

On way to Milwaukee along I-86, I-70 & I-65. Staying in Lafayette, IN. I had a job here for a couple of weeks. I worked at a start-up computer company. They had a great product, but it was really hard … Continue reading →

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