When I visited my folks a few weeks back, I saw this tiny flower of the Wahlenbergia genus poking out from behind part of my dad’s Allis-Chalmers HD10 bulldozer.
The Allis-Chalmers HD10 is a mid-century crawler that can have put in decades of service with proper care and maintenance. This HD10 has been parked for a few years, but it should be fire up with a new battery and minimal work.
I wasn’t around when someone recently tore up a section of road in front of my apartment for subterranean work. They then filled it back in, repaved it, and repainted the top portion of letters warning of the road’s speed hump just out of frame. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately by design), “BUMP” was transformed into “BOMP.”
My cousin Becky, who is thankfully recovering from a medical emergency, recently adopted this six-month-old kitten she calls Willow. When I visited, Willow insisted that I give her my water bottle’s cap, which I did. She played with it for most of the time that I was there. I took this photo of Willow while she was taking a break on the lower shelf of the coffee table.
A few weeks, I had an opportunity to spend an afternoon at the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia before taking country roads south to visit my folks.
The Museum of Aviation is HUGE! There are four buildings (some with multiple floors) full of planes, drones, helicopters, support vehicles, equipment, and exhibits. There is a VR experience and other interactive exhibits. The four buildings are surrounded by additional aircraft that you can walk around (I walked 1.6 miles while I was there). Admission is free (but donations are accepted).
The museum is staffed by experienced volunteers/retired servicemen who are friendly and glad to talk and answer questions. They are also doing restoration work in the exhibit areas.
I was chuffed by the whole experience!
If you are an aircraft enthusiast, you owe it to yourself to visit here.
Below, I’m posting some of the hundreds of photos that I took there.
Mose is still getting the hang of using a smartphone to take a selfie.
