The Front Porch Swing

@Vehve - I would love to paint it before installing it, but we don't have heat in any of the outbuildings yet. It is supposed to be 38* F (3*C) today and forecast for lower than that all next week. With low temps down around 15*F ( -9*C). We are using fiber cement trim at least, so not being painted yet is not a structural issue.

Back to the discussion on eye-sight (yeah, I am a little behind) : I am floored by the issues that you guys deal with on a day-to-day basis in eyesight. I value my eyesight, but your stories make me really appreciate what I have.

I wore glasses most of my life. When I got my first job, I bought contacts. I had Lasik surgery before moving to Wyoming 8 years ago, there was no way I was going to try to wear contacts in almost constant wind. Ended up with better than 20/20, but now I am going to need reading glasses.
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However, my night vision has always been bad. I didn't realize it was so much worse than most people until elk hunting with my husband. He couldn't understand why I always headed back to camp so early. I simply couldn't see anything so why stay out in the cold, lol. We compare our night vision now all the time, trying to let him know just how bad mine is. And the star-lighting, oh my, because I have such problems with glare at night, night driving in town during a rain is nearly impossible.
 
Wyo and LG, then I suggest screws to fasten and painting when it's warmer.

My biggest issue at night is with blue light. I have to get really close to blue neon signs before I can make out what they say, the light just becomes a blur in my eyes at further distances.
 
My issue is construction, and I'll bet it is for many of you, too. At night I cannot judge the stupid reflective barrels and little sticky-uppy things that they use to guide traffic through construction zones. All I see is a bright orange and yellow streak going across the road - I can't make out any demarkation between them so I don't know which side of them I'm supposed to drive on. It's the same way going through construction zones in the daytime if it's raining, but at least then if there's a car ahead of me I can follow it. At night that car's tail lights join the streak from the construction aids. <sigh>
 

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