The eyes have it.

I'm buggered if I can see much more than a reflection of my camera in this shot but my LH eye has been quite useless for a while and it finally dawned on me that's it's most likely a cataract problem. I can't help but think the RH one will follow in quick time but I've made an appointment online to see my GP, it was a pleasant surprise to find I could do that online.
I suppose due to the elective nature of any procedure to restore my sight I should be quite blind by the time it gets done, but I've found nothing but good stories about how it's fixed these days.
Also bad for me is it affecting my taking of photos.

The Cube, a successful revisit.

I bought a genuine cheap Chinese cube the other week in a hope of rekindling what I used to be fairly good at 37 years ago, and I'm happy to report that I've succeeded in being able to solve it once more, although I should keep working at it.
I have not the slightest interest in being quick at it, just being able to solve it without poring over paperwork will do me. I must say that I think things have advanced with algorithms over the years and have made my learning easier.
This cube is also a fantastic one to operate, it turns very easily and smoothly and also has solid colours rather than stickers.

Goodbye fence post.

My friend Daryl has been rather irked by our broken fence post since my dad Fred broke it a few months ago with his car, which also resulted in Mother deciding he wasn't going to drive any longer, so Daryl was keen to remove the post. We tried an engine crane on it but that had a zero result.

So then we did a bit of digging and found a pretty massive foundation.

So we cut the steel reinforcing off below ground level and filled in the hole. Job Done and now the post serves as a garden edge. More fool us for doing anything on a 36 degree day.

Exactly the same age here.

Upon looking at some of my old photos I saw I had taken shots of Grace when she was exactly my age today, so I took a shot of myself to compare. Fairly pointless really.

Jimby has another.

I blew out candles this birthday.

And the years melted away.

Many thanks to my Parents here for inviting us up on what is their wedding anniversary.