The Duke of Kupa’s flipside eye

Imagine if you had a third eyelid, like a veil. 

That you could draw, like a blind, across your eyes ..

.. but still see out.

How disconcerting would that be, to those who wished to pry at you with their miniature crowbars. Your veil eye would keep you safe.  A safety net.  I see you but you can’t see me kind of thing. 

What it is called is the nictitating membrane and it is for moistening of the eye. Many animals and birds have this. Evidently the birds can see through it too. Though how anyone knows that I have no idea as the man who gave me that little piece of information  is not a peacock. 

I have a very silly problem now. Two chapters yet to write on the novel and the cold has cracked the tips of two of my fingers.  This happens every year until my hands toughen up. 

So it stings to type and my fingers seem to have a mind of their own, they want to flatten out or avoid the keys completely. I have to consciously force my fingers to tap properly, leaving little specks of blood on the keys.  And it is so slow. Even writing this much has been at the pace of a snail.  How silly is that?  I shall have to get the sticking plasters out.

We had a warm day yesterday. The milking pump worked much better in the cold morning, after a couple of hours under the heat lamp.

Good morning. You all have a lovely day.  I am going to look for the Sponge Bob band-aids, I think there are some in that disaster of a cupboard, somewhere.  How ridiculous.

celi