Not Looking good

We needed to nip out yesterday to visit the opticians. The prescription sunglasses I had bought earlier this year were not working for me. I was finding that my left eye was very out of focus. It’s not easy taking glasses back when you can speak the language, so I was expecting a bit of an uncomfortable conversation going back to a French opticians where I imagined the whole situation being very challenging.

I could not have been more wrong. The lady listened to what I was saying in my best opticians language that I had learnt that morning. She took a look at the glasses, looked at my file, spoke to a colleague, made a phone call, then came back and told me they were going to make me a new pair with a minor change. They should be ready for me to collect in about 10 days. It was all a little unexpected but I was extremely pleased.

Before we left, Brian decided to ask about his ordinary glasses. They had never been quite right, so he asked her if she could adjust the arm. With a smile she took a look, made a few tweaks and hey presto. He did not realise they could be so good.

We were feeling very pleased with our visit, so on a high we decided to visit the garden centre on the way home.

Probably not a good idea, as I did select rather a few plants for the garden. I was very pleased with the selection, especially the deep red geraniums which I’ve put into the urns that are next to the steps up to the lawn.

What it did do was make us look critically at the steps. We decided they really do need a bit of work doing to them. Within minutes the jet wash was in Brian’s hand and he was blasting the stone. I’ll keep you posted on what happened next.