Celebrations, Chrysanthemums and Corneas

 Today we celebrate the birthdays of two special women.

Sue's mother Sarah is 93 today!  A special family day!

And, Jill Parker has been taken on a birthday adventure trip by Gary.

Enjoy your trip my friend!  Well done Sven!

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Daughter Jo-Ann is celebrating today too.  The Homes For Heroes Foundation has just announced the construction of homes in London, Ontario for our veterans.   

For years she has been supporting Homes For Heroes.  She had an uncle in submarines in WWII, and a cousin in the even more dangerous river boats in the Vietnam War.

Well done Jo-Ann.  Love you lots!

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The Geraniums in the front gardens at the greenhouse are done.  So I was looking for some yellow Mums to redo one of the gardens.  Found three that had a gap on one side and an undersized one that were unsaleable.  But they look just fine from the driveway side.

Mardi doesn't deal with rejects and, despite her volunteer hours, she always insists on paying for what she takes, which I love her for (I also love the family discount - thanks Sean).

She bought these lovely specimens for our balcony.  She has a good eye for beauty...............

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..........which is why she chose me 😍.

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Now for an eye update.  Mardi's second cataract operation was a success.  Perfect vision, and the expensive lenses that she chose corrected her astigmatism.

However, her left eye, after one day of clear vision, clouded over due to cells attaching to the back of the lense.  And a few days later she suffered a mystery contusion on her cornea.  So she has been in pain and can't stand glare - wears sun glasses when the lights are on.

So, eye drops four times a day, two different eye ointments every second day, and a pill every four hours.  Hopefully, Mardi will eventually get to clear, comfortable vision.

In my case, nothing has changed.  The right eye is clear, except for the spider webs and small blobs of grey that float around the eye.  Fine print is a challenge.

The left eye is still like looking through a sheet of greenhouse plastic.  An operation is scheduled for October 20 to remove the silicone oil.   Fingers crossed that my six month ordeal will be over!

Fortunately, we are both cleared to drive, although that probably doesn't elicit a lot of confidence in any potential passengers!

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Stay well.  We're trying to.