Dear readers, my apologies. Two blog posts have gone up on the site in the last two weeks, and neither has been sent by email until now.

The reason is that I realized I had gotten a ton of fake/spam signups, and I needed to stop them and purge the fakes before I sent more emails, or risk getting marked as a spammer by Google et al.

Anyway, this post is mostly pictures, so I'm just going to give the intro and a few highlights and let you click through to see the rest!

Last weekend I went to the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum in Vista, CA. I’d been wanting to go there ever since I was researching textiles and looking for a way to see old looms in action (yes, they have looms in addition to engines and other exhibits). I happened to be in the area and stopped by.

Unfortunately we came on a Sunday when many of the exhibits are closed, but the blacksmith’s shop was open, so we got to see some machine tools, and there are plenty of tractors and engines viewable every day of the week.

A few highlights (see the full post for more and commentary

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