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Here’s a video of my nephew Joel, who turned into a zombie and terrorized his father, David.

Here’s something you certainly won’t see every day… me wearing a tie.

We held a memorial for my father, Tom Martin, on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield.

The United States Marine Fox Company – Milwaukee I & I performed military honors for my father by folding the U.S. Flag and playing Taps.
 

We enjoyed a nice Friday fish dinner at Range Line Inn in Mequon.

My wife Theresa, nephew Killian, and niece Alex
 

Chicago is a fun place to visit, but a terrible place to pass through.  It took us four hours to travel through the city.  We hit south Chicago at 1pm on a Friday, but the traffic had already slowed to a crawl.

Here you can see the Sears Tower from I-94 North.
 

Our garden is full of fritillaries, a family of butterflies with over 100 varieties.  Fritillaries are medium to large-sized butterflies with brownish-orange wings that have wavy black lines and spots.  Unlike most butterflies that have larger front legs with claws, fritillaries have tiny front legs that lack claws. 

Fritillaries love our orange butterfly weed, [...]

We had the pleasant surprise of finding the cutest small fawn in the field below Jimmy Pond.
 
Story, more photos and a video at Little Wolf Nature Preserve >>