Pacific

Loads of incendiary bombs which would end up killing about a hundred of thousand of Toyko residents. Japan did not surrender. Hence Little Boy and Fat Man. Understanding the brutality of war creates a deep passion for peace, on my part, and confusion about continued violence on Earth.

National Museum of the National Air Force btw. I was surprised to see that DDN had an article. I thought it was kind of a not-so-well publicized battle.

If you don't know what Bocksar is then you need to do a little reading

Fat Man

European front

I appreciate the manual controls.

Possum creek and Huffman dam

Cable car, used as a food truck, aka concessions

The pool, aka dammed up creek. You can see a wall, stairs, and lifeguard tower remnants.

The navigation app tried to take me directly to the dam, literally.

ouch

Dayton

 Challenge course. One o four favorite playground activities is making up challenge course races

One of the converging tributaries that flows into the Great Miami River, which meets the Ohio, which goes to the Mississippi

 Dayton inspired carousel

What do you need to know about Dayton? The Wright Bros. Forget Kittyhawk, know Huffman Prairie.  In Dayton they not only designed an built everything (often utilizing bicycle parts since they knew bicycles), but it's where, after crashing the third flyer, they made a sustained flight for almost 40 minutes. Their design included controls for roll (wing warping), pitch and yaw. 

I could totally live in a caboose as long as there was space to do yoga, a pottery workshop and greenhouse out back.

 

 my broken rule - ribs! Ohio style, dribbled in tangy BBQ sauce with a side salad with sweet and sour garlic dressing, little mini bagels, and a baked potato for good measure.

 Little strip of Third Street

 My parents new house is lovely

 even has room for Plasticville

 Dinners and parties 

 

winter village

 

and my own personal touches

Christmas

My family has never seen Abigail at Christmas, so she was pampered

Howards

Setting out snacks for Santa

 

Abby did the wrapping

 

 and tree decorating with old ornaments

 

 WWII era ornament with the paper hanger (not metal)

 those are real candles

 Sully was excited

 

 Cat hat from Basil in Heaven and Wink who gave it to Santa to deliver

button and labels dropped by Santa and found by Abby (wearing the cat hat)