The eyes have it

So you go through the doors...

...and there before you are infernal machines! Scary stuff.

Until you use flash, at which point, you have to admire all that cool optics -- and realize that Bausch & Lomb has always had other profit centers than their photographic lenses. I was there with the Doctors Rummel to see about replacing my right eye; that is, the lens for my right eye, where the cataract is prospering, unlike my vision. Bless the eye surgeons for the strides they have made in the past 40-50 years; my left eye is as sharp as can be, thanks to the miracles of modern science.
Nonetheless: how would you like to wake up in the middle of the night with this apparat staring down at you?

Linkages: Maria Langer, who flies choppers out of Wickenburg as well as blogging, has posted a very, very cool picture of the new Colorado River bridge going up just south of Boulder Dam. You might want to read an interesting article about water politics in a recent Courier and, if you have time, mosey over to Flickr to flick through Tombo's walking tour of the funkier side of Prescott's streets and alleys; I'd swear that if he cut out about 1/4 of the pix, his Prescott would bear a strong resemblance to Ash Fork!