Handsome Son came to visit yesterday, to drink tea and eat raisin scones and get the info on where to drive us for the eye doctor appointment. Next Tuesday morning. Not too long to wait.
Editing here to explain that this is the evaluation by the surgeon I'll be meeting, where decisions will be made. Which eye first, when the first one will happen. That's when the first procedure will be scheduled. The second eye will be one month later. I was not explaining clearly yesterday, you're supposed to have been here, in on the conversation!
Beautiful afternoon on the patio, chatting and planning and between that and coming home to a clean house, my spirits are doing better. My neighbor is looking at a similar surgery, with complications though. So I may be the next person to reassure someone else that it will be okay, honest.
Early morning drawing, from bed, using one of my carpenter's pencils.
These come in different softnesses, like other pencils, but with a flat graphite center.
So you get different surfaces to use, the broad edge, the narrow edge and the sharp points on the corners. It's like having different sized brushes. I used a 2B, soft, for this little drawing, using all the options in different places.
These were originally used by tradesmen working on sloping surfaces such as roofs, where it's a definite advantage to have a pencil that won't roll away and bounce down into the street.
Then artists coopted it, the hardware store being a favorite art supply source. Then art suppliers began to market it, label it for drawing, and charge more, art, you know. Anyway, however it's labeled, it's a great tool.
Happy day everyone, art will save us all
