Day One Hundred Sixty One 2013

The Better To See You …

Time for the annual eye and vision checkup. Neil and I have a most excellent eye doctor. The older my eyes get, the more I appreciate him, and the more I’m thankful for insurance that pays for these exams and glasses/lenses. This is our year to get new frames if we want them. Since my prescription hasn’t changed much since last year, I’m sticking with my current frames, but I did opt to get some prescription sunglasses, which I think I’m going to enjoy. [The lenses are polarized, which makes an amazing difference in blocking out glare~I’m so excited to get these]. Neil had to have new frames since his rimless were beat  to death. Over all, our old eyeballs are in pretty good shape~certainly a blessing and something precious to be thankful for.

Day One Hundred Sixty 2013

“I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.”   Genesis 9:13  New International Version (©2011)


Awesome [double] rainbow this evening as the setting sun shone through the falling rain. My little cell phone camera couldn’t capture the whole width of it. Would love to have had a wide angle lens for this. Neil and I stood in the rain in the Subway parking lot, gaping at it. Pretty cool.

Day One Hundred Fifty Nine 2013

Geraniums are one of my favorite summer flowers. I bought some today. Different shades of pink. No red. Red flowers irritate me for some reason. Besides, the plant guy didn’t have any red geraniums. Now I need to pot them, but that requires potting soil, which I don’t have. It’s always something, isn’t it?

Day One Hundred Fifty Eight 2013

It’s National Doughnut Day! Neil and I honored this special day by eating doughnuts. Not only that, but it’s also Friday! Life is good. Happy TGIF, y’all! Have yourself a delicious doughnut.

Day One Hundred Fifty Seven 2013

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.
http://www.army.mil/d-day/slideshow.html
http://www.army.mil/d-day/resources.html
http://www.history.com/topics/d-day