Glasses

Posted on September 20, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged cataract, double vision, eye operation, Eyes, Glasses, Health, Life, Memories, opticianLeave a comment

I keep reaching for my glasses even though I no longer need them!

Is this muscle memory or cognitive dissonance? For 58 years the first thing I have done in the morning is reach for my glasses.. My face feels empty now. Like going out without a coat on. Most things are very clear but because one eye wanders I have to consciously focus to reduce double vision. I will need reading glasses and possibly distance ones too but at a lot smaller diopter (strength). In the meantime I’m nervous of going outside. I don’t fancy wind blown eyeballs!

Bye glasses lens

Posted on August 29, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged cataract, check up, Eyes, lenses, Life, operation, optician, Progress, short sighted, Sight2 Comments

Bye bye glasses lens, after my cataract op my eye was less short sighted so the optician has popped out the glass. Weird walking round with the wind blowing into my eye! I’ve put the screwdriver in the photo to show the lens has gone.

My eyesight is still slightly short sighted, but I am happy. My only problem is a bit of double vision. I would recommend the operation, and as my other eye is now getting fuzzier I’m glad I’m booked in to have the other one done.

Cat and cataract update

Posted on August 1, 2025 Posted in Cat, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cataracts, colour vision, Eyes, operation, White, Yellow7 Comments

Today I had my operation. I was very nervous. To calm myself down I sang during surgery! The surgeon encouraged me. He wants to do my other eye too! I’ve got an eye guard on now. I can see the side on the right is a lot brighter and whiter. My left eyesight is much yellower. So TV looks odd. I realise how much my sight had been affected..must be careful not to bend over….. My cat is OK BTW. Need to give him another tablet soon. He’s going to be on them for life.
Two weeks till I can have a checkup for both him and me. Hard to type, my eye keeps tearing up. Better stop..

Twinkle

Posted on June 4, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Eyes, Fine Art, Life, Loss, Memory, on the stairs, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Quick poem, Thinking, twinkle2 Comments

I say hello to him every day
His eyes twinkle and smile
He was my green man
Now sadly gone.

Cataract

Posted on April 29, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blurred, Colours, Distorted, Eyes, Fed up, Life, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sad, ViewLeave a comment

Abstract eye

Blur like romantic film

Smeared out colours

View impeded

Glare at night

Sunshine glows

Tones changed

Eyes dimmed

Distorted life

Fed up.

Cataract check up

Posted on April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged cataract, check, clinic, Eyes, glaucoma, Lens, Life, Looking, operation, Surgery, Time, Vision2 Comments

Today I had a check up to see if I was suitable for cataract surgery. I went to a clean, bright, smart clinic. I had to have transport because I was not allowed to drive.

After a short wait and having read the booklet about cataract surgery I went to see the technician to have eye drops put in and then photos taken of my lenses. She also did a check of my eyes looking at an eye chart with and without a small grid that you had to try and focus through. I found I could see the chart better with it, less fuzzy. Finally they checked my blood pressure which was a bit high but the bottom figure was OK as I managed to relax.

A short wait and then I saw the optometrist. This time she checked my retina and also the pressures within my eyes that would indicate glaucoma. Everything was OK. Now I just have to choose when I have the operation as I have other things to deal with before I can get the first eye done.

Wish me luck. X

A face

Posted on January 15, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Drawing, Ears, Eyes, Face, Fine Art, Learning, Mouth, Nose, SketchingLeave a comment

Making up faces, good practice if you don’t have anyone to draw. You can work out eye shapes and sizes, how would a long or short nose look? Big or small mouth thin or thick lips? Are the ears visible? How long or wide is the face, what shaped chin.

Drawing is a skill, practice does help. 10,000 hours is meant to make you an expert. Millimeters can change things, hair, makeup, colour, looking in different directions. Up down, sideways, three quarter view.

Please keep working, practicing, enjoy it.

Migraine

Posted on July 4, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Brain, Drawing, experience, Eyes, Eyesight, Life, migraine, retinal migraine, Sketching, Vision14 Comments

Had a ‘retinal migraine’ last night, an unnerving experience. I was reading subtitles on TV when they started to go blurry, then the edge of my vision started to sparkle and look jagged, hard to explain, so I’ve tried to draw it. Apparently according to my optician it’s not unusual, I should have covered one eye then the other. If it happens in both it’s an effect in my brain. It cleared up after 20 mins. (if just in one eye, then it may be a problem in one of my eyes).

My eyes

Posted on June 17, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1972, Eyes, Favourite, Hand eye coordination, Life, Poem, Poetry, Thought1 Comment

What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

Not their colour

Not their shape

But the fact they work

That I can see,

So I can paint and draw.

My fear is losing my sight

Finding one day the light has gone

No more views

No more staring at stars

Seeing friends faces

Letting paint flow

Hand eye coordination

My favourite feature

Keep them safe X

Eyes prompt

Posted on April 30, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, ArtRage app, Digital drawing, Drawing, Eyes, Face, Life, Prompt, Sketching2 Comments

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was eyes. Well I had a go, digital drawing with a stylus. Eyes drawn on my Artrage app. I’m shaking a bit much to get a neat image. I used various pen and smudge tools to get a softer image but I want to try and do some real painting and drawing soon if I can overcome my shaking.

Mallaband-Brown

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