And after a short interval we resume….

 

My eyes are getting worse. It’s been about three years since my last eye test and I know I’m going to need new glasses.

 

I find myself taking my glasses off to read more and more when it should be the other way around.

 

Amazing things, eyes….

 

And so the trigger is….

 

eye[ahy] Plural (eyes)

1. the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

2. the aggregate of structures situated within or near the orbit that assist, support, or protect the eye.

3. this organ with respect to the color of the iris: blue eyes.

4. the region surrounding the eye: a black eye; puffy eyes.

5. sight; vision: a sharp eye.

6. the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception: the eye of an artist.

7. a look, glance, or gaze: to cast one’s eye at a beautiful necklace.

8. an attentive look, close observation, or watch: to be under the eye of a guard.

9. regard, view, aim, or intention: to have an eye to one’s own advantage.

10. a manner or way of looking at a thing; estimation; opinion: in the eyes of the law.

11. a center of light, intelligence, influence, etc.

12. the hole in a needle.

13. a hole made in a thing for the insertion of some object, as the handle of a tool: the eye of an axe.

14. a metal or other ring through which something, as a rope or rod, is passed.

15. the loop into which a hook is inserted.