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Milkweed

Date: 09 2013
Description: Milkweed pods are in the foreground and beyond is an open field. A small grove of trees is on a small hill on the horizon.
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That Time of Year

Date: 11 2013
Description: Several plots in a community garden on a slope sitting dormant in the late autumn. There are plants near several wire and wood fences, and in the foregroun...
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Mansion on the Hill

Date: 12 2013
Description: Three-quarter view of the Thorp house on Mansion Hill. The house is constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style. Snow is...
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Eagle in the Tree

Date: 03 2014
Description: View of a tree standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River, framed by the snow and tree-covered hills of the opposite bank. An eagle is sitting in the midd...
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Driftless Farmyard

Date: 05 2014
Description: View up sloping edge of a farmyard. In the foreground is an open gate, a birdhouse on a post, and rock outcroppings. Along the fence in the background are ...
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Seabed on the Hill

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across fence and road towards a house on a hill of outcroppings in the Driftless Area. There are fence lines, telephone and electric poles, and a few ...
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In the Pasture at the Farm

Date: 05 2014
Description: View across field towards two young cows grazing on a hilly pasture. There is a bur oak in the distance at the bottom of the pasture, and beyond is a pond.
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Ruins on the Ice Age Trail

Date: 06 2014
Description: View up hill towards the ruins of a large stone house near Indian Lake. Trees and bushes surround the remains of the building.
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Waiting for the Sunset

Date: 06 2014
Description: View of a woman sitting on one of three benches at the Sunset Point Overlook in Hoyt Park. In the background three cars are parked facing the stone wall of...
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Shoveler's Sink

Date: 09 13 2014
Description: Shoveler's Sink, a small pond, sitting in a valley of small hills dotted with trees. Ducks are swimming in the lower left portion of the pond.
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In Memory of Barbara Klokner

Date: 07 18 2015
Description: A sign next to a flowering bush on a hill reads: "In memory of Barb Klokner." In the background down the slope are red barn buildings with white roofs stan...

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