Speaking of flying, I went up with the wife in a little 2-seater to "economically" enjoy the beautiful weather we had for the first time in a while. We flew over some local communities and I did a "touch and go" landing at a field over 50 nmi away so I could log the time as cross country flight.
Usually on bright, sunny days, columns of rising warm(er) air get created as the sun unevenly heats the earth's surface, causing thermals which, when flown into, cause turbulence. The smaller and lighter the plane, the more the effect of these thermals are on the plane. Yesterday was a rare day of stable air where the rising of thermals was largely kept close to the ground and at a slow enough rate that - even in the lightly loaded 1600 lb. Cessna 152 we were flying - the air was as smooth as glass.
This was my approach and landing back at the home base airport. There was a moderate 10-12 MPH wind coming from the right, so I had an opportunity to practice my crosswind landing skills. You'll probably notice the "crab" angle during descent; you can't land while crabbing (flying into the wind to compensate for wind - the ground track is not parallel to the direction the nose points) because there would be a sudden shock to the landing gear/tires due to the plane's ground track not being parallel to the wheels. One of the more challenging parts of a crosswind landing is a coordinated transition between that "crab" to a "slip" where you use a slight bank angle and the rudder to point the plane parallel to its ground track while compensating for the effect of the crosswind angle. You can see me do that from about 3:42-3:45.
