back off

I guess I got a little too close for comfort for this duck. I was trying to take some photos of the lakefront when I spotted her & she gave me a very stern warning. Point taken.

orpheum

A very hot & humid day - all those grey clouds held the promise of rain but didn't deliver. I took this photo on State Street yesterday - this is the Orpheum Theatre, a beautifully restored old cinema. The lobby houses an excellent restaurant, the cinema shows a good mix of films (mostly independent) and they also host a lot of music and community events. If you enlarge the photo you can see the billboard says "Divorce Your Car" - 5 people ceremoniously dumped their cars at the Orpheum this week and resolved to use public transportation (gasp!) and the Community Car service which I postedhttp://madisondailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/04/earth-day-preview.html about a couple of months ago.

summer bounty

A scene from the Farmers' Market - so much to choose from right now & it's all delicious. This is what I wait for all winter long...

lakeside sculpture

I don't know anything about the story behind this sculpture but I've always liked it. The scale is hard to see in the photo but it's rather big & is right next to the boat launch.

mad city ski team

Last night we went down to Lake Monona to watch the Mad City Ski Team - a local group of waterskiers who put on a show for free every Sunday evening in the summer. It's pretty amazing. I like the ducks in the foreground of the top photo - they were completely unpeturbed by all the action going on in their lake.

capitol view

The dome of the capitol viewed through the fountain on the rooftop of Monona Terrace.

lazy morning

Bruce the cat takes a break from his exhausting routine of eating and sleeping to take a nap on the back of the couch in the sunshine.
Perfect photo for a lazy weekend.