Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 27 September 2015

OG, Thanks for asking. OH's graft has been very successful but, his glaucoma, eye pressure, has gone extremely high. He is going through a phase of trying different cocktails of eye drops, which have not worked, up to now. As you know he has had the ops for glaucoma and any further ops. will be a last resort. They certainly don't want to operate on the eye with the graft. He is now on the latest trial of eye drops and we return to the hospital in three weeks. There is a section of our fridge, which now contains various eye drops. i.e. Steroids for the graft, drops and cream to protect the other eye and three lots of drops for glaucoma for both eyes. The hospital have said that they would prefer us not to go away yet. The consultant and surgeon have been magnificent and we are so grateful for the return of OH's sight that we will do anything they instruct.

Sorry, this is a long reply :-))

Evening all: Pesky coastal clouds threaten to obscure the eclipse this evening.  Stay tuned.

Lindybird: More cheesy photos (just testing!).   :-) I hope they have all those flowers/plants labeled. Both our TVs here at Panasonic; daughter has a Samsung.  

Diane: Well, you mentioned it was getting chilly there at night, so didn't want to horde all the heat.  I wonder if anyone in the supermarket will think to turn out all the lights and open the doors....  Nice that you're getting a TV, but what kind of reception will you get?  We're in an area that makes a cable or satellite connection necessary.

Heather: Our big TV connects to the internet and I'm sure it has all kinds of other options, but we've never really explored them.  Besides, they are 6 and 3 years old and are probably completely out of date at this point!  But Lindy is right, you don't need 3-D - after all, who needs it? Real life is already in 3D and that's quite vivid enough!

OG: Wow -  out two nights in a row.  Has the funeral down south been set and has EE decided how he'll travel there?

Brenda: Do you enjoy indoor bowls as much as outside?  Fingers crossed your OH's eyes get sorted finally.

All Downton fans, don't give away any plot twists and turns on the thread. We have to wait until January for the last season. :-(

Just to say that I am watching the eclipse and it has been worth watching. An orangey / brown moon.

Rather cold in the garden in my PJ's and anorak :-))))

I'm glad you could enjoy it, Brenda. Woo hoo!

There's very heavy cloud cover here, and I haven't been able to even get a glimpse of it. I saw it online. Stay warm!

Here's the worst photo of an eclipse of the moon.  The cloud cover cleared for all of about a minute earlier, when it was a lovely soft orange; then it disappeared, then came back as below, which of course doesn't do it justice.  

Yay, Annette!!! Woo hoo! I'm glad you got to see it!

I never did get a glimpse. I walked out on the front porch during totality, but the cloud cover was very dense. I stood outdoors for a bit, but I started to get kind of anxious in the heavy darkness. Also, I was afraid that I would disturb one of the hawks if it was roosting in the pine tree. Oh, well.

Diane: Oh well indeed - you have the solar eclipse next year!

Hey, Annette, if you're still up: Today (Monday), NASA will reveal a "major" finding on Mars. They are bringing in their top directors and scientists for the news conference! They're streaming the announcement live on NASA TV at 11:30 a.m. in Indiana and 4:30 p.m. in U.K. Watch here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

I'm still up!  I saw a teaser about it.  Will send myself an e-mail reminding me.

Just about to topple into bed.  What are you doing up this late - um  - early?

Diane: If you're still up www.cnn.com/.../index.html mentions hint of "occasional" flowing water.