The New Ka-52 Russian Helicopter

 We got to see a demo flight of the Russian Ka-52 at the Paris Air Show.  This is a new Russian attack helicopter, and it was pretty impressive with what it was doing.  The Russians also have a pretty novel design in that they have two sets of rotors on the main pole.  The rotors rotate in opposite directions.  They also don't have a rear stabilizing rotor.

Start And Finish In One Day

Sometimes it feels so good to finish something, anything.  That's the way I felt on Sunday when I finished this temari.  I'd been nearly three weeks since I'd finished anything.

Fixed Wing Prop

If I remember right, this is one of the restored planes at the air show.  It did a few stunts, but nothing special.

Second Aerobat

 Different plane, no smoke, same tricks.  I believe this particular plane was flown by the (female) director of the French Air and Space Museum.  The announcer seemed to be surprised that a woman could fly, and fly so well.  Go French chauvanism.

Just A Little

There's only a little bit of progress on the right.  I've been slacking, it's true.  This working just about full time really eats into stitching time.

On To The Last

After finally completing part five with the exception of backstitches, its on to the last bit of part six.  Next areas should be interesting, as they're different.  I can't wait to start them!  But first, some backstitching and some finishing off the corner.

Gardening

The ball is huge, so I'm still not done with this.  I'm actually thinking of doing something different   I am going to try to do a swirly design around the middle.  Now to get to the point where I can....  I have been feeling very time crunched since coming back from France.