Clik here to view.
Day two post second surgery and day twenty post first cataract surgery
Although I was not there when my parents had their cataract surgery I did hear about it via letters and phone calls at the time. I really did not have any sort of opinion on what would happen although...
View ArticleDay three and day 21 following cataract surgeries
Still keeping mostly quiet to let the healing happen but still 13,000 steps just to keep active. We are in a heat wave once again for a few days so mostly inside. Keep having these amazing moments when...
View ArticlePost Cataract surgery - Day 4 and Day 22
Interesting watching the two rats/mice running around the neighbours back yard. The grey squirrel certainly inhibited them but hasn't caused them to move on yet but probably because they are likely...
View ArticleOne week less a day since second cataract surgery and 24 days post first...
Coming up on the first week I was ready for the explosion of white light and being able to see better which made that easier than after the first surgery. It is tiring even though it is just a 15...
View ArticleOne week from the second cataract surgery and coming up on four weeks for the...
The difference perhaps is no longer am I seeing a yellowish world with the second eye being completed. Everything is white again. Shockingly white at first but gradually I am getting used to the...
View ArticleWith both eyes done I am in recovery mode
With both eyes completed surgery wise I am in recovery mode. Probably time to end my recitation. Over the next few days the number of eye drops will diminish slowly to three per day in my first...
View ArticleI am left to wonder
Was it just chance that this surgeon chose the weaker eye to do first giving me my introduction to depth of vision at 78 years of age? It was great luck for sure. One never knows what one is missing...
View ArticleAs I work my way towards research again
A great deal of time for thinking and I am remembering the first colour television in our house (I think I was about twelve years of age). I had dreadful migraines watching the television so stopped...
View ArticleTime marches onward and waits for no man
Lots of rain and the sunflowers have literally jumped out of the ground and are now above the fence. The squirrels will definitely enjoy the sunflowers. Since I have not seen the rats/mice running out...
View ArticleOne day at a time
Doing one day at a time as I wait for the two months to pass. I could do gardening and I would be wearing my sunglasses. I will probably do that but not a favourite thing; more of a must thing....
View ArticleThe Black Walnut Tree has ceased spreading across my yard
Interesting that the Black Walnut Tree has now directed itself upwards and towards the west instead of east across my property. Certainly the sun is probably creating that lovely scenario as two years...
View ArticleCleaned the sides of the laneway
Success, I finally achieved a complete project. I cleaned away the weeds from the bricks along the tarmac of the laneway. I am not sure (since I am last apparently) whether or not there will be a fresh...
View ArticleRain today perhaps
We have done very well with rain this year. The lettuces are the best I have seen for a while and will keep us eating them well into July which in itself isn't unusual but it can be very dry in July...
View ArticleSunday in God's World
Another beautiful Sunday in God's World. Church Service today is at Glastonbury which we visited on one of our tours of England. I had heard of Glastonbury since I was a very young child as it was...
View ArticleCanada Day
157 years since Confederation. Canada with its huge land mass and small population is in a unique position in the world. We fought two World Wars in the last century which put us on the world stage as...
View ArticleCleaning day one accomplished on to day two
The basement is always the easier cleaning day and by the end of the week there will be three more large items gone - an overstuffed rocking chair, a wooden fireplace heater, and a large blue cedar...
View ArticleCloudy today
This cloudy day is a boon for me as I have been suffering from migraines the last little while although it is now turning sunny for the moment. I am avoiding bright light for more than a few minutes at...
View ArticleAll sorts of things getting managed
Yesterday we resolved the fence at least the style and that will go ahead in the early fall. The birds have returned to feed along with the chipmunks and the squirrels. They finish off the food by...
View ArticleRain last night
Good news there was rain last night. I did water a little but the rain is so much more effective. Mother Nature tries very hard to keep the world on an even keel; just need the co-operation of the...
View ArticleOn April 26th last
April 26, 1978 was the day that we moved into the house in which I am currently living. At that time there was just this first set of carriage homes built and all but the one next door to me was...
View Article