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End of Blount trip: Milwaukee and last evening in Chicago: July 29-30, 2016

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  • Moored in Milwaukee:  We cross the lawn to the Milwaukee Art Museum as the Grande Mariner takes on fuel.

    Moored in Milwaukee: We cross the lawn to the Milwaukee Art Museum as the Grande Mariner takes on fuel.

  • A pair of Blue-winged teals grooms as we pass them.

    A pair of Blue-winged teals grooms as we pass them.

  • The female of the pair of Teals

    The female of the pair of Teals

  • Lewis and a gazillion Canada Geese in front of the Art Museum

    Lewis and a gazillion Canada Geese in front of the Art Museum

  • A set of banners with flickering reflectors

    A set of banners with flickering reflectors

  • Up on the hill behind the Art Museum.  Its famous wings are folded in.

    Up on the hill behind the Art Museum. Its famous wings are folded in.

  • Behind us, a huge apartment complex rises.

    Behind us, a huge apartment complex rises.

  • Now we watch the Art Museum wings unfurling ...

    Now we watch the Art Museum wings unfurling ...

  • ... until they're fully spread.

    ... until they're fully spread.

  • Here' what the Museum entry looks like when the wings are open.

    Here' what the Museum entry looks like when the wings are open.

  • Carol, Lewis, and Cecile in the side passage ...

    Carol, Lewis, and Cecile in the side passage ...

  • ... which stretches off to infinity.

    ... which stretches off to infinity.

  • Seguso sculpture:  Triumph of Light.

    Seguso sculpture: Triumph of Light.

  • Cornelia Parker sculpture, The Edge of England, uses Dover Cliff chalk.

    Cornelia Parker sculpture, The Edge of England, uses Dover Cliff chalk.

  • Shonibare: The Age of Enlightenment, Voltaire at his desk

    Shonibare: The Age of Enlightenment, Voltaire at his desk

  • Glass, retreating reflections

    Glass, retreating reflections

  • ... And I thought Brownie cameras came only in black!

    ... And I thought Brownie cameras came only in black!

  • More glass -- in many  forms

    More glass -- in many forms

  • Frogonard: The Shepherdess

    Frogonard: The Shepherdess

  • Zubaran: St. Francis in His Tomb

    Zubaran: St. Francis in His Tomb

  • A late 16th Century striking clock

    A late 16th Century striking clock

  • Left: An object.   Right: The same object viewed in the Museum's Camera Obscura.

    Left: An object. Right: The same object viewed in the Museum's Camera Obscura.

  • Hellenistic period humanism:  An early 2nd C AD painting from Al Faiyum Egypt.

    Hellenistic period humanism: An early 2nd C AD painting from Al Faiyum Egypt.

  • Lewandowski: Wisconsin Ore Freighter, 1948

    Lewandowski: Wisconsin Ore Freighter, 1948

  • Kees vanDongen: Woman with Cat, 1908

    Kees vanDongen: Woman with Cat, 1908

  • View of our ship from the Milwaukee Art Museum

    View of our ship from the Milwaukee Art Museum

  • Detail of the Museum's wing deploying mechanism, seen from south part of the Museum

    Detail of the Museum's wing deploying mechanism, seen from south part of the Museum

  • Sphere made of brass wheat sheafs ...

    Sphere made of brass wheat sheafs ...

  • ...  and another look at the sphere in different light.

    ... and another look at the sphere in different light.

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    Up on the hill behind the Art Museum.  Its famous wings are folded in.
    Behind us, a huge apartment complex rises.
    Now we watch the Art Museum wings unfurling ...