Beachcombers

This video and slide show was taken in early May 2016 on the Shores of Lake Michigan at Doctors Park and the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Fox Point, Wisconsin.

Doctors Park has been around for many years, and is thought of as primarily a Fox Point Park. It is however quite charming and worth a visit more than once for anyone. This video is primarily about the beach, which is quite rustic. More can be found at Doctors Park Friends.

The Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is better known and is supported by membership and event fees.  Schlitz Audubon is both a destination for adventure and an oasis from the busyness of life. Their Raptor Program has taken up the mantle of “feathered ambassadors” and is dedicated to providing infor­mation about their wild relatives, habitat concerns, and issues facing raptors today.

The beaches for both destinations are right next to each other and are a worthwhile discovery.

The video for this combined trek can be found HERE. It's on YouTube; please subscribe to my channel for future productions.

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Once a farm for the Schlitz Brewery draft horses, the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is Milwaukee’s comprehensive nature center. It offers six miles of trails through 185 unique acres of forests, wetlands, restored prairies, ravines, bluffs and a Lake Michigan shoreline.

You will see evidence of the active and progressive management of the land, restoring habitats unique to our region and reclaiming our bountiful natural history.

These are a few images taken to and along the 1.3 miles of the West Meadows Trail.

Pioneer Village World War II Living History Event, May 21, 2016

Pioneer Village is a collection of over 24 restored buildings and structures dated from the 1840's to early 1900's, nestled in a unique rural village setting amidst the rolling Hawthorne Hills. On May 21, 2016 The Ozaukee County Historical Society held a World War II Living History Event nestled on the grounds of Pioneer Village, within these restored structures. Battles and demonstrations were staged; equipment, vehicles, weaponry and uniforms could be seen.

Here is a six minute YouTube video of this event:   

https://youtu.be/8ogVYlq2Yuk

Here are just a few of the stills

This is one I viewed with a double-take. For those who went to MATC photography, the name on this foot locker was one of our photography instructors in the 1960's.

http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/657/Pioneer-Village

www.ochs.co.ozaukee.wi.us/Accomplishments.htm

United Service Organizations for National Defense Stateside Operations; WWII Living History Group

We are a group of women and men dedicated to preserving the history of the United Service Organizations (USO) during the World War Two time period. Our mission is not only that of preservation, but also one of education. Our goal is to represent the experiences of the women and men of the World War Two era USO through participation in living history displays, re-enactments, parades, and ceremonies.

Our members portray a wide range of folk, just like the real people of the World War Two USO. However, we are mainly concerned with the portrayal of the average Jane and average Joe; those unsung volunteer heroes of the USO, whose combined efforts were nothing short of herculean and their impact monumentally important to the nation's war effort.

http://www.ww2uso.org

Street photography

Also, please make sure to check out older posts on the link at the bottom of this listing.

Street photography is conducted for art or enquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within. Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.

The street photographer can be seen as an extension of the flaneur, an observer of the streets (who was often a writer or artist).

Framing and timing can be key aspects of the craft with the aim of some street photography being to create images at a decisive or poignant moment.