Monday, October 22, 2007

Top this if you can, Briggs, Paul, and Bill!

We expected that a Sunday afternoon visit to our Cousin's home in Red Wing would be a visual experience. Larry Veeder is a well-known artist and he and Carolyn have a home filled with gorgeous paintings. There's already plenty there to see. So when Larry opened his shirt to display the scar from his recent heart surgery, well, that was just an unexpected bonus.

Thanks to Briggs and Bill's car accident and Paul Erickson's hayloft accident (check late update on Paul -- link at left), this blog has met with rising acclaim in the more progressive plastic surgery circles, as physicians log in to view progress on patients or critique the work of their colleagues. We're grateful to Larry for this fine addition to our open chest division and invite others with exceptional tissue restorations to enter our database as well.

Later, as time permits, we'll show you some of Larry's brilliant oil and water color work. Oh yes, Larry is doing fine, still a bit tired, but we found him in fine spirits. That's Carolyn and Kathleen in the front yard; they are smiling because they are on the way to the local candy store: The Veeder/Boos "Red Wing Confectionery." More on that later, too. (Click to enlarge images)