Post Left Eye Cataract Surgery

     Well, I had my left cataract removed and my brand spanking new plastic lens inserted Monday and lemme tell ya... it is amazing! I had my right lens replaced last month and everything went even better for the second eye, praise God!
     One of the guys at work said that even if I saw better I didn't look any better. All I could tell him was "It didn't do a damn thing for your looks, either!"

     I'm now needing sometimes a cheap pair of reading glasses and any time I go out on a sunny day, sunglasses but I am happy, happy, happy with how I can now see. It's better than when I was a mere 16 years of age and got my first pair of eyeglasses, 42 years ago! I still have to be careful bending over and have weight limitations picking stuff up so as not to put pressure on my eyeball for a few more days. I saw Shelley, my next door neighbor playing in her flower beds yesterday and went to chat. I told her about what I can & can't do. She said if she saw a sand truck at my house before this coming Tuesday she was gonna come kick my butt!

     I have the 10 pound weight limit until Monday although me being stiff necked (as the Bible calls the children of Israel) and just hard headed I have picked up several things over that. However I will wait until at least Tuesday before I start buying any bags of soil to add to my gardens. By the way, my herb garden is already going like crazy so I'm happy about that.

     My apple trees and grape vines are looking (so far) that I may actually get a few fruits this year. The pear trees are leafy but showing little sign of a harvest. I think my Meyer lemon and possibly my olive tree are not coming back from the harsh Winter. If I see replacements at a good price I'll plant them right next to the originals.
     I've sowed much of my crimson clover seed in the back yard along with a bit of the white. I took some scrap lumber and laid it out in the form of a cross about 16' from tip to tip and 3' wide on each arm. We had a gully washer that moved a good amount of the seed and I had to sow again but it's looking hopeful that my crimson clover patch will look somewhat like I want.

     On a totally different note, some people suddenly think I am some sort of authority or scholar on the Bible. I've been reading "The Good Book" for close to a year now, read the whole thing one time. I do have more than one version which I absolutely love reading a verse reading it again in the various versions to help myself understand what is being said. But where I work we have an actual preacher but I  have had people come to me to explain to them. My best friend can call me anytime, anywhere and our conversation will always somehow get to the Bible. Only thing I can figure is this...
Perhaps they don't feel comfortable asking their preacher for fear of being judged. So they turn to me knowing that I have more than my share of sin (hopefully behind me) knowing I'll only be thinking "Hell, I done worse than that". Maybe it's when they bring up a question I cannot answer I'll give an honest "I don't know but the Bible says don't let what you can't understand keep you from what you can".