Alright Y'all, I'm ready to see your lovely faces again, and I know @Mary625 is too! So, post a selfie, or if you're feeling shy, a photo you took recently you really like.
Like many photographers, I prefer to stay behind the camera.
I took a picture of this willow oak 30 minutes ago. It sits at the edge of the old Bi-Lo supermarket parking lot, next to Circle K. I've admired it for months, and tonight decided to honor it. It may not be there long.
Yes. All the trees you see in the picture will be buildings or parking. Of course there will be new trees on landscaped "islands" — or maybe it will be spared, but the propensity is to clear cut. "Too many problems with them roots."
I went to a Renaissance Faire once in a Starfleet Uniform. Giant of a man in a pirate costume leans down to me, breaks his accent and says, "Commander, you're blowing our cover."
You're looking great, Beth.
What is a "pirate weekend," though.
Once a pirate, always a pirate, I thought.
Being a bucaneer sort of like becomes 2nd nature.
@RickiTarr@Mary625 Well thanks. I actually never knew what to do with mine most of my life so I kept it short. My wife has been the one to help both of us get better at our hair game.
@Tweetfiction
Wowza...
Alice's hair IS beautiful.
The smoldering look into the camera is super seggzy, even if it does look a little like a screen still from a Kaopectate commercial.
@WrenArcher@Tweetfiction@RickiTarr@Mary625 😂💗 I was just messing around with Overtone temporary hair dye (pastel magenta) and was trying to see if the color looked any different. Spoiler, it didn't.
Here's a photo out in the sun, but it still doesn't look like much color (because it isn't).
@WrenArcher@Tweetfiction@RickiTarr@Mary625 Nope! I’m actually creeped out by Transition lenses because I don’t think technology is there yet. They don’t seem to get dark enough in the sun but still manage to get a weird shade of kidnapper grey indoors.
My glasses just came with a thin magnetic sunglass topper, but it's super convenient.
@Alice
I have some like that with a little magnetic topper on some bifocals... yes, I'm a little old lady with bifocals.
I have a bit of a love hate relationship with them though. While I like how I can take of the sunglass part, when I have that on I feel like I have to walk around with my neck really stiff so it doesn't fall off.
@WrenArcher@Tweetfiction@RickiTarr@Mary625 I FINALLY swallowed my pride and got Progressive lenses and I was surprised by how easy it was to adjust and how much my quality of life has improved. Like, I can go out to a restaurant and see across a room AND still be able to read the menu? What in the witchcraft?
@Alice@WrenArcher@RickiTarr@Mary625 I'll probably switch to progressive lenses once I...umm get a new eye exam and stop ordering online with a Rx that expired 4 years ago. 😂
@Tweetfiction@WrenArcher@RickiTarr@Mary625 Yeahhh! Do it! I had so many people scaring me away for years by saying progressives "felt weird" and were "hard to get used to" so I bought this cheap pair off Zenni just to try it and they're amazing! And less than $100 out the door, which is still way less than what I usually end up paying even with insurance.
It provides three fields of vision (reading/computer, close by (like a person across the table), and distance).
You're just sort of looking through different parts of the lenses depending on what you're trying to see.
Your eye doctor just needs to give you a modified prescription that includes an additional reading for the progressives. I highly recommend checking them out. I'd also recommend going through a place like Zenni since it's so cheap. I don’t know what it is, but even when I use my insurance at a regular eye doctor/Lens Crafters/whatever, I still end up paying like $400 out of pocket. Just try Zenni so you're only paying like $100 and they have a good return policy so you can swap them out if you don’t like them.
I seriously love them, though. I kept having to take off my glasses to read a menu or my phone and now I can see everything with one pair.
@Alice@RickiTarr@Tweetfiction@WrenArcher@Mary625 I have lenses from Zenni and they offer some cool options than our optometrist didn’t offer. They have several ranges of bifocals including “Workspace Bifocals” for nerds like me.
@Alice@RickiTarr@WrenArcher@Mary625 I buy mine from Firmoo and yeah, same deal. I bought two pairs (just single vision tho) during a sale they were having a couple weeks ago and including shipping it was like 42 bucks!
I could order progressives from them too but I don't know what I need. The last couple years it seems like I need to take them off to read or look at something close up, but I don't need reading glasses.
@Alice@WrenArcher@Tweetfiction@RickiTarr@Mary625 In about 20 years, definitely consider cataract surgery. Your vision changes dramatically over the years. I had bifocals age 8 to 24 when I got progressive lenses. Fast forward to mid 30’s and I switched off progressive glasses with contacts. My close vision was suddenly great! At 65 I started cataracts and had surgery. Life changing. Glasses for driving and long distance viewing only. Surgery gets you 20/20 at either far vision OR close.
@Alice@WrenArcher@Tweetfiction@RickiTarr@Mary625 Besides those problems my wife's noticed the film seems to fall apart over time. And they change darkness slowly, so walking from the bright outdoors to a dim inside room is challenging.
@chestas@RickiTarr@Mary625
I love your cat's dirty look! I get those all the time from my former ferals. They're sweet boys, but they're always death glaring the camera like so:
The death glare I can just about cope with. I feel devastated when she just turns around and pointedly looks away from me in disgust, or even worse, when she turns around and walks away shaking her back leg in admonishment at me 😂
@melissabeartrix@RickiTarr@Mary625 That's a fantastic red polish on you! I'm currently rocking Opi's All Your Dreams in Vending Machines. Matches today's pretty dress. :)
@melissabeartrix@RickiTarr@Mary625 Gross! What a fantastically gross name for a color!
Cheers to normalizing ladies rocking proper reds without being gardening equipment. :) That red looks great on you. I got ten bucks says you ain't a sex worker. (but if you are, what do I get for ten bucks? - KIDDING. KIDDING. KIDDING. Geez)
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