Not just hindsight, Crevettes Boudiennes

Yesterday, you'll be glad to hear, was my final checkup at the eye doctor, so you won't be hearing more of the whining about cataract surgery.

And I heard that 20/20 doesn't apply only to hindsight. He tested my eye pressure, poifect,  then my vision. 20/20 distance, and 25/20 reading. We were both happy.  He agrees I don't need any kind of glasses, asked if I'd tried driving, how was it, and declared I'd got the best of all possible worlds and to go forth and enjoy it. So I will.

Handsome Son visited after we'd got home, eating pita and cheese, and generally as happy as I am about not having to go to that doctor's office again.

Since our days are blessedly cooling, I picked some green cherry tomatoes to ripen on the windowsill, though it was nicely hot while I was doing it.

Sun-ripened is better, but the prowling squirrels and rabbits have been joined by chipmunks, so I'm trying to keep ahead.

And I celebrated with a terrific meal, shrimp with fresh picked tomato from Gary, and scallions, with basmati rice .  Seasoned with Old Bay, salt, black pepper. No idea if this has a name, so henceforth it will known as Crevettes Boudiennes. 

After the shrimp and tomatoes were cooked through and spooned over the rice I reduced the sauce a bit and added it.

I did have a moment of wishing I had someone to eat this with, but that passed in the loud answering thought "I'm worth it!"

It was very good, and there's at least two more meals here 

Today's art is from a painter who worked into her late nineties, an encouraging thought. You'll see echoes of Delaunay in here

So here we are, amazingly, at Labor Day weekend, traditionally celebrated by not working. 

Handsome Son however is working the whole weekend, which he doesn't mind because time and a half kicks in on Sunday and Monday. To people in his income bracket, it's significant.  And since Labor Day celebrates trade unions, it seems appropriate that he gets the time and a half benefit of being a member of one.

Happy day everyone. Up with Jorts! Avoid the union busting Starbucks and Amazon, support whatever local business is still there, buy from artisans and artists, enjoy the weekend. Signed middie of three generations of union workers.