It snows on everything but the sidewalks and the streets.
Work
I took the day off work today. For my eyes.
I’ve noticed my vision deteriorating. I figured out that it was only in my right eye. I got an appointment with the optometrist.
Turns out I’m going farsighted in my right eye. Two clicks in two years. The optometrist put it in perspective. She says most people wouldn’t have noticed the difference and would love to have my vision. I’m so used to “hawk” vision, it seems like a big deal to me.
Whew! Nice to get that evaluation. No signs of glaucoma. No signs of cataracts. I even got a prescription to restore my vision to its previous condition, with glasses, if I want.
I’ve noticed my vision deteriorating. I figured out that it was only in my right eye. I got an appointment with the optometrist.
Turns out I’m going farsighted in my right eye. Two clicks in two years. The optometrist put it in perspective. She says most people wouldn’t have noticed the difference and would love to have my vision. I’m so used to “hawk” vision, it seems like a big deal to me.
Whew! Nice to get that evaluation. No signs of glaucoma. No signs of cataracts. I even got a prescription to restore my vision to its previous condition, with glasses, if I want.
Winged migration
I’m having trouble with arctic terns.
I’ve been watching winged migration. I understand bird migrations…. kind of. You winter where it’s warm. Then you fly north, for some reason, to breed. Then you fly back down south to get warm again for the winter.
Why not just stay where it’s warm? Predators? Food? I don’t know.
Birds fly thousands of miles. Really energetic ones fly six or seven thousand miles. But the arctic tern? It migrates twelve thousand miles. Twelve thousand miles!
The circumference of the earth is twenty-five thousand miles. That means pole-to-pole, it’s twelve and a half thousand miles.
The arctic tern. It summers in the Arctic, then flies to the Antarctic for the winter?
I don’t get it.
I’ve been watching winged migration. I understand bird migrations…. kind of. You winter where it’s warm. Then you fly north, for some reason, to breed. Then you fly back down south to get warm again for the winter.
Why not just stay where it’s warm? Predators? Food? I don’t know.
Birds fly thousands of miles. Really energetic ones fly six or seven thousand miles. But the arctic tern? It migrates twelve thousand miles. Twelve thousand miles!
The circumference of the earth is twenty-five thousand miles. That means pole-to-pole, it’s twelve and a half thousand miles.
The arctic tern. It summers in the Arctic, then flies to the Antarctic for the winter?
I don’t get it.
Home
Winter’s grip weakens.
After sub-zero temperatures, we woke to warm forty degree weather. Perhaps the spell is broken.
I’d better get those seeds ordered.
After sub-zero temperatures, we woke to warm forty degree weather. Perhaps the spell is broken.
I’d better get those seeds ordered.
Home
I winterized the motorhome.
It had to happen. It’s going to freeze solid. Temperatures are dropping below zero.
I did the usual stuff. Holding tanks. Water lines.
There is more to do though. The water goes other places. There is a washing machine. There is an ice maker. I did it all. There is pink stuff everywhere. I shut the heat off.
For a day and a night.
Then I went out to touch it. It was too cold. It just wasn’t right. I turned the heat back on. We’ll pay the propane bill.
It had to happen. It’s going to freeze solid. Temperatures are dropping below zero.
I did the usual stuff. Holding tanks. Water lines.
There is more to do though. The water goes other places. There is a washing machine. There is an ice maker. I did it all. There is pink stuff everywhere. I shut the heat off.
For a day and a night.
Then I went out to touch it. It was too cold. It just wasn’t right. I turned the heat back on. We’ll pay the propane bill.