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 |  Day to day stuff....a memoir without order. |
 Imagination is described by Webster as...The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses in reality. Albert Einstein said "Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere."  I never realized it until I read it somewhere but there are ways to boost one's imagination: Create a visual journal Draw whatever you see for 15 minutes a day. You don't need to be an artist. Think like an artist Cut out pictures from magazines & piece them together to create an original image. Listen to Bach Close your eyes while playing your favorite music. Or listen to the sounds of nature on a CD or in the great outdoors. Play word games Try thinking of as many words as you can that begin with MAR...or you pick. Daydream Let your mind wander, or focus on a single object & study its characteristics.     Everyone has a story....here's mine.....c ** Image ID #1701066 Unavailable **  |
| Although I'm near the beginning of my day when not much has happened, I find if I don't write now, the possibility of writing later decreases as the day goes on. So, I have to include some things that happened yesterday, maybe even earlier. My vision is a little blurry right now. On Saturday night I applied the prescription eye cream for the first time...just before bed because it plays with my vision. It did take away the burning almost immediately. On Sunday morning I woke with hazy vision but no dry eye symptoms so I guess you give up something to get something. I did not realize on Friday when my doctor prescribed the cream that the directions would say to use one week so there's that. This morning the haze is lasting a little longer but as long as my vision is hazy, there are no dry eye symptoms. Interesting. I'm glad I don't need to drive anywhere until Wednesday when I have a group writing meeting at the library. At least it's not until 1 o'clock when my vision has cleared. Yesterday it rained all day but around 7 o'clock in the evening it cleared and there was a double rainbow...beautiful, my neighbor captured a nice photo. So I was inside all day puttering around on miscellaneous things or watching YouTube videos. If it's dry enough today, I'm planning to do some weeding in an area where I want to plant some zinnias...all different colors. The package says they bloom all summer, hoping this happens. The last time I planted zinnias was after having my daughter in 1965 and they were prolific...but that was in Delaware. |
| I went to the pharmacy and picked up my eye cream today...will try it tonight. Eyes are burning and are so dry even with eye drops.I did check online and saw something new that I might order if the cream doesn't work well. It's an Aroma Season Heated Eye Mask for Dry Eyes, Warm Eye Compress. It has an electrically controlled temperature so I think it will work better than a warm washcloth that cools so quickly, but I will wait and see what the prescription cream does. The only thing I'm concerned with on the cream is that it has a steroid and I know that can be problematic. I'm sure I have too much screen time but what's a person to do...I'm addicted. There are so many great things to do and see so other than a 30 minute walk and daily chores, YouTube, Prime Video, Netflix and of course WDC are always calling me...I confess. I guess I could write with a pen...ugh. And of course there's art and reading But those other things are so much easier....guilty as charged. |
| I just got back home from my eye appointment and I, indeed, had a prescription change from a month ago so I was not imagining things wrong with my new glasses. Now, another wait of a week or so to get the new ones. I think I should have waited longer after cataract surgery for my eye to stabilize...hopefully, it is now. And for the dry eye my doctor prescribed some sort of cream to use at night...eager to try it. I see Ken Follett will have a new book out later this year, Circle of Days, checked my device books on Amazon and I have read 15 of his books....think I must like him a lot! I found another I had not read...Code to Zero...and put it on hold at my library. We have it so easy these days, just a click of the mouse and there you go! My local writers group has opened submissions for our Bacopa Literary Journal, very minimal submission fee ($3) if anyone is interested. Here is the link, https://writersallianceofgainesville.submittable.com/submit. There are several categories available. |
| I'm having to prune back...waaaay back....my honeysuckle bush as it has been invaded by little cherry trees. Thanks, birdies! It now looks like a right triangle. I pruned as far down each "tree" as I could but fear they will be re-sprouting. Cherry trees are very hardy! I'll keep watch. Our first 90 degree day (F) is forecast for next week...the first week of April. I think we are in for a hot summer. Easter seems very late this year, the 20th. I remember Easter in Delaware as being very cool if not cold with lightweight coats required for church...and Easter egg hunts. Our natural history museum has closed (UF) for expansion. No date given for reopening. I go several times a year, especially to the gift shop for birthdays for those unusual gifts. I'll miss them until they are open again but the art museum, the Harn, is open so I will probably go there more often. They have a nice gift shop too. I am really lucky to live in a university town with all the extra benefits....except for the student drivers. I'm continuing to have problems from my cataract surgery...red burning dry eye. I go back to my doctor tomorrow so maybe he will know something to help. Dry eye drops seem to be less and less effective. Screen time is not nearly as much fun as it used to be, but things could be worse, a lot worse, so I am grateful for that. Have a great weekend! |
| The hacksaw cutting was a total failure and I'll say no more except that the curtain rod is still up...for now...still with no center support. My daughter is coming down this weekend and maybe she will have a suggestion. Spring has almost sprung here in Gainesville, Florida, and pollen season is well underway. My back porch floor is a sea of yellow dust. We did have some rain last weekend that beat a few grains of pollen off my pine trees and more rain is expected this Sunday. Azaleas are in full bloom almost blocking out all the greenery of the bushes. It's definitely an azalea year. Redbud trees are coming out and I have already seen tulip magnolias and pear and plum tree blooms come and go. The grass/weeds have turned green. I'm feeling a trip to Home Depot's flower center coming on. |
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