last week we had a storm. week before that we had a storm. we keep having storms. happily they keep mostly being snow.
as part of my studies and as the naturalist at the local girl scout camp i like to go out after a storm to take pictures at my study location.
last week that meant breaking track in snow that was still over my knees with me on snowshoes.
so i was looking at a cute little rabbit hole and then i was looking at some cute little squirrel holes and i was on my way back down to the car when i realized that i had lost my glasses somewhere between rabbit and starting down the hill.
now the temperature was just above zero even in mid afternoon and while i was dressed for cold, i was dressed for keeping MOVING in cold but even though it was REALLY TIME TO RETURN TO THE CAR i had to go back all the way to rabbit hole, only moving slowly and kicking up snow with the front of my shoes, hoping to kick up my glasses, because although i had dropped them directly in my track, there was still a chance that if i had not stepped on them i might kick them up and find them.
no.
so in all probability i have now stepped on them THREE times. i'm sure i'll find them in the spring, but they're not going to be in good shape, especially since i am not the only person to occasionally snowshoe up there and if you're part of a group renting that cabin, do you break track in hip deep snow, or do you use that handy-looking trail?
mmhm.
so time to buy new glasses. also, i was overdue to get new contacts, so while they couldn't send me home with my new glasses, they COULD send me home in a pair of trial contacts so at least i'm not a menace on the roads.
and you know? i can see much better with those than i could with my glasses, so maybe it was time anyway.
1 comment:
No mistake that doesn't have some benefit, if you look hard enough. Even if you can't see properly.
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