Fall is always a beautiful season here, with so many deciduous trees turning colour. I'd always known that, but four years ago I learned just how gorgeous the trees are. Until then, even with glasses, what I saw was basically a swirl of colour, not individual leaves. But, after much hesitation that ended when my optometrist asked if I was "still driving," I went in for a cataract examination.
As it turning out, my corrected vision wasn't that bad because of the way the cataracts were placed, but I was amazed at how much better I saw after the surgery. Each and every leaf! Landscapes as detailed as those painted by Canoletto! A very dirty kitchen floor!
Okay, I admit I wasn't too pleased at the last, and had to work several days to get the kitchen up to the standard I thought--pre-surgery--I was keeping. Spots on linoleum, fingermarks and scratches in paint are much more evident to me now.
But it's definitely worth that to be able to see the pointillist landscapes I see now, particularly as every leaf stands out. Wonderful--Canaletto and Klimt and Seurat naturally!
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