Just A Swingin'

As promised, pictures of Iain's swing-building. In the first photo, you can see the disassembled bits of the old swing off to the side. It was originally built by my dad back in the 70's, but the supports had rotted to the point where Iain couldn't repair them anymore. He used the metal components to make the new one, which is sturdy as the rock of Gibraltar due to the usual Fullerton over-engineering (he calls it that, not me - I like it just fine!). It was sad to lose the old one, but its day was truly done. Iain hopes to finish the work this weekend, but because it is mostly pressure-treated wood, we won't paint it until next year.

Eye Wear

My deep-end friend Wendy had a post the other day about her visit to her eye doctor, and since I work for optometrists I took a keen interest! For one thing, I noted that eye exams are much costlier in the city (our guys charge $85). The glasses sound slightly pricier as well, though it is hard to be sure when you don't know the exact type of lenses.

What interested me most was Dave's comment about intraocular lenses as a fix for presbyopia; so I talked to one of my bosses to get his take on them. He says this is mainly being done in the States right now, and the lens is much like a bifocal contact lens - concentric rings, with both powers present in the lens. Based on that, I think I'll be waiting for a better fix; I have tried the bifocal contacts and absolutely hate them. Bad vision all the time was my experience. I'll wait for a better lens. Meanwhile, there are lots of funky glasses to wear!

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Iain has been giving me a VERY hard time about not blogging lately, but I've just been having SO MUCH FUN puttering around the house on my week off! No, I'm not kidding. Seriously.

Here is a small pictorial tour of the last three weeks:

These are pictures of the well-developed mammatus clouds we saw on July 26.

We expected a devil of a storm, but just about everything went around us.

My new first-cousin-twice-removed, Taylor, new sister of Hope and daughter of Steph and Steve. She's 4 days old here - what a cutie!

Iain in fine form at the horseshoe tourney.

I have to admit to not taking many pictures the week of our holidays, especially since Iain started building the new two-seater swing, and got it half done! I WILL take a pic this weekend so you can admire his handiwork.