My "new eye"

I have been relishing the new sharpness and vividness of color that is evident in my distant vision since my left eye was operated on on Wednesday. It is very evident to me with only one eye fixed. What will it be in two weeks when both eyes are done? I have also noticed that reading and close work or not enhanced and I am greatly aided by some magnification provided by "cheapo" reading glasses. After both eyes are done then I will get the reading glasses that do best for me. In the meantime I am using a pair that Clarine has around the house. I enjoyed the vividness of things so much that I decided to take a couple of snaps to forward along with my commentary. One is of the color we have added to the plant area in the front foyer of the house. We did that in anticipation of several visitors to watch conference on Sunday morning. Quinn, my fourth great grand son decided to get born that day, so the visitor list went down by about ten of Quinn's quite close relatives. Lisa, Phil, Sheridan, Zach and Max came. We did have some food left over as we anticipated having a few more "grazers." The other picture is included to demonstrate that spring really is coming. We have a pussy willow bush in our yard that has a significant history, and it is in full bloom right now. It came here to Stansbury in memory of Carol who nurtured it and started it in Mount Olympus and we have kept making starts from it, and it is now flourishing here. The buds are an inch long and a half inch in diameter. (I don't know that you can tell it from the picture.)

Clarine went by herself to the temple today. A full shift of that would probably be a little too taxing for me and my eye today. The day has dawned very nice and spring-like. Birds are singing. After a long, cold, snowy winter it is invigorating, and I have a new visual prospect of life. gwh