Sunday, June 18, 2017

Happy 50th Birthday Lou jr.

This Saturday, we celebrated Lou's son, Lou, 50th birthday. He was born in April, but his family wanted to wait to celebrate the big day so they could enjoy beautiful weather on their new patio.
Lou and Golf Birthday Cake


It was a beautiful, warm day and the surroundings, food, family and friends made everything so special.
Smoking Friends on the new patio

Such Pretty Brick Work
Raised Patio

Lou's sister, Jenny, flew in from Wyoming to celebrate her little brother's birthday. Ali and Evan also were at the party, and are now a permanent Wisconsin fixture, as Evan got a job in Whitewater.
Jenny and Lou

Evan and Ali-so cute!
Strong Man
Bonnie ( Lou's Mom) and Jenny
Jenny and Dad

Nick and Josie



The food was excellent and there was so much of it: chicken, brats, hamburgers, tacos, potato salad, pasta salad, fruit, dips, and a wonderful birthday cake.
Awesome Salads


Food Line ( so much and so good)

Although the day was warm, the large trees that shade the patio gave a great cooling and created a nice breeze.
Lou's friends and Mom


Lou socializing with family
Great conversation
Lots of Family
Jenny spent some time knitting chemo caps for the local Cancer Center back in Wyoming. Evan was all too happy to model one for us.


Evan modeling Jenny's chemo cap ( doesn't he look Jewish?)

Lou got wonderful gifts from those that know him so well. The theme for the gifts might have been called "Coffee and Cigars," as many of the gifts were Starbucks gift cards and expensive cigars.

Golf Bag Cooler
Filled with all his favorite things
Really Cool picture for his Drum Room

Everyone had a great time, plenty of food and good conversation. There was even a bit of friendly, family competition with the Green Bay Packer bean bag toss!
Jenny and Evan warming up


Lou Sr. realizes his daughter can throw farther than him




Happy Birthday, Lou!


Thursday, June 15, 2017

Animals Inside Out



This weekend we visited the Milwaukee County Zoo to see the exhibit ANIMALS INSIDE OUT.


The exhibit takes visitors on an "anatomical safari" inside more than 100 specimens preserved through the process of Plastination, invented by Dr. Charles von Hagens. This process stops decomposition by extracting bodily fluids and replacing them through vacuum-forced impregnation with polymers-such as silicone rubber. The specimens go through a curing phase using light, heat, or gases to give the specimens permanence.

Dissection and Plastination of an entire body requires about 1,500 working hours and takes about 1 year to complete.

Horse's Head Blood Vessel System
Below are amazing examples of this fascinating process. By the way, no animals were purposely killed for these exhibits, but came by donation after natural death.
Horse's Head


Full Horse Body


Goat Intestines


Goat Standing

Bull

Bull Side View

Mail and Female Caribou

Giraffe

Giraffe

Shark (Impressive)

Dog showing all blood vessels

Human Brain

Human with cut away of face and ribs