Some things you just have to go see in person, even if you are watching from a distance. Saturday night I went down to Oshkosh for the closing night of EAA AirVenture. If you are not from the Fox Valley, AirVenture is the big one. Every July the Experimental Aircraft Association takes over Wittman Regional…
A quiet July afternoon at Asylum Point in Oshkosh: a stone WPA lighthouse that was never lit, a calm view of Lake Winnebago, and wild black raspberries my dad found along the shore.
We spent the day at the AKC dog show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on May 20th, 2023 — running from about 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon, with a club raffle and prizes throughout the day. If you’ve only ever seen a dog show on TV, going in person is a real treat….
The short version: MToxins Venom Lab was a small Oshkosh, Wisconsin facility — one of only nine of its kind in the world — that kept around 580 venomous animals and milked their venom for medicine and research. This post shares our first-hand visit, with 20 photos and four videos (including a live venom extraction),…
Every fall the Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh turns its historic mansion into something genuinely magical with their Nature of Light show, and in 2022 we finally went to see it for ourselves. We’d driven past the Paine plenty of times and always meant to stop in, but there’s something about the idea…
Fireworks from Oshkosh, WI on 7/5/2013. Another great Independence Day show over the water here in the Fox Valley. I love how the reds, blues and greens all pile up against the dark sky. Here are a couple of my favorite captures from the evening. Shooting fireworks over the water is one of my favorite…
Knowing the law (and your rights) in your city is an important tool that helps you keep and your dog safe. All too often we tend to rely on what vets and public officials tells us the law is. This can lead to much misunderstanding, confusion and abuse. Can you answer these questions? What vaccines…