Heidi's Haven

In early April, when the weather finally started getting warmer, I took a little road trip to see the Seven Bridges Park in Milwaukee. This gorgeous covered bridge is why I came to this park. At the very start of the trail, you walk across this bridge, which reads: Enter this wild wood and view the haunts of nature. The beautiful wooded trail led right to the beach of Lake Michigan. I wish that I'd had more time to explore the many trails, but I suppose that just means that I get to come back sometime soon! May the God given peace of this leafy solitude rest upon and abide with thee.

If you travel to downtown Milwaukee, you may see three large, glass domes standing out among the buildings.  That would be the Mitchell Domes, a park just outside of the busyness of the city that houses three giant greenhouses. Each dome has a theme: a tropical dome, a desert dome, and then a show dome that changes throughout the year. The show dome was under construction when we were there, but we were able to go inside and see their progress. The theme is "Alice in Wonderland".

On a recent trip to Milwaukee, I spent a day wandering around the Milwaukee Art Museum. First of all, the architecture of the building is incredible. The "wings" of the roof are opened up each morning and closed at night, and they "flap" closed and open again each day at noon.  And really, you just can't beat that gorgeous view of Lake Michigan! The art inside was truly incredible. We spent the entire day looking at all of the pieces. Luckily, I went with my sister, who studied art in college, so she was able to point out important artists and tell me about their work and the movements they were involved in.  By far, the coolest thing was a piece of interactive art. It was literally just a light in a room and a fog machine, but we spent such a long time playing with the effects in this room.