Font My Eyes

 

Less than three years ago I had 

marked the large font scriptures I had 

inherited from mom.  I don’t recall 

struggling so much as I am today.  

Seeing words is a challenge depending on 

the font size.  I sing hymns that I have 

memorized but cannot read the words to 

sing along.   I don’t read notes and so I 

would do better with words only.  I rely on 

modern technology and blow words up to a 

more comfortable font size.

I have renewed my glasses each year – I don’t 

think they are the problem.  I do see words better 

with natural light.  

Glasses don’t come with built in sun.

DayTrip to Redwood & Crescent City

           Richard’s birthday was yesterday.  Jaime was hoping we could celebrate with a daytrip to the coast.  We’ve never been to Redwood National Forest and as it is less than 3 hours away, we decided to make our daytrip there.

 

          The redwood trees are enormous!  We mostly drove through without getting out of the car, but decided to walk a one mile trail.  I couldn’t look up without getting dizzy – though I tried a few times.

 

          Jaime was hoping to get some pressed pennies.  But since pennies are now discontinued, will the penny press become a relic of the past also?

 

          We ended up in Cresent City so that we could eat lunch.  Afterward we went to the aquarium and Jaime made a pressed penny of a seal.  We toured the facility and got to touch starfish, mollusks and a small leopard shark.  That was a cool experience.

 

 

          The tour  finshed with seals following the command of a trainer.  Also fun.  Since the aquarium is so near the ocean the water is pumped into the tanks so that they are swimming in the same ocean water.  Some might think it’s cruel to remove animals from their natural habitat and put them on display.  But the animals are well cared for – each with its own story of how it came to be at the aquarim.

          One seal was captured after another seal tore through her eye.  It was infected when she was captured and had to be removed.  She probably has a better chance of survival at the acquarium than back where she was found.

 

          It had been quite a long day for each of us.  Happy Birthday Richard.  We were gone for more than ten hours.

 

 

Bonnie

           I used to move the rollway table toward the desk to keep Bonnie from going down the side of the bed.  Now I roll it closer to more easily reach my water bottle.

          She used to come in each morning or afternoon to play Phrasel with Jaime and me – though she never contributed.  Sometimes her noise was too loud and we would kick her out.

          Sometimes I play phrasel with Jaime over the phone.  Yesterday she thought she could hear Bonnie in the background and was saddened when she realized it was not Bonnie.

          We do enjoy meals now without her watching our every move – waiting for food to fall from the plate.  Our first meal was spare ribs – ironically a meal we had eaten just before Bonnie got sick.

          She did a good job cleaning plates with her tongue before I put them in the dishwasher.  Now I have to scrape small leftovers into the compost or down the disposal.

          No more Bonnie hairs to clog up our lint traps or litter the hallway.  No more scratching the carpet with her overly long nails.

          We miss Bonnie.