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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

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  1. quick…buy some liquid bandage. i use it all winter because my fingers crack from cooking and having my hands in water. liquid bandage is the best!

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  2. Gosh, that sounds painful! How about trying butterfly bandages on your fingertips to hold the cracks together as you type. They are small and hopefully would ease the pain. Sending you healing energies Celi! xo

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  3. Circulation issues, Honey…some of us are geneticly predisposed, and some of us compounded the issue with all those years of smoking…Not a damn thing we can do, except what you’re doing now.
    Hope they feel better soon…

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  4. So sorry about your fingers. You know that saying, I guess (I can’t remember whom to attribute): “Writing is easy. All you have to do is open a vein.” You need not have taken that so literally. ; )
    Maybe–since it’s just the middle of the month–you should rest those fingertips for a day or so, give them a chance to start to heal? I know that story is just determined to get on the page, though, so heal quickly, and take care of your hands in the cold, my dear.

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  5. Love the peacock photos! When my youngest was two she spent four days in hospital – she would shut her eyes EVERY TIME that a nurse or doctor came into the room. “You can see me, but I can’t see you, so therefore you don’t exist to me.” It was very funny. Perhaps Kupa feels the same way…

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  9. Hi Cinders…your poor lil finger tippys…I won’t offer any more suggestions because I couldn’t possibly come up with one any better than all the ones already suggested…a little vaseline…just kidding!! At least now I know of at least 10 more remedies after reading some of the comments and I sure hope one of them will help heal your tippys…that sounds painful!!
    PS. what are those lovely iron curly cue things in the third photo…I noticed them in one of your indoor barn photos the other day and thought they were so beautiful!!

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    • There was an old doorway when i first goT here and they were part of the iron work, I saved them and i let them roam about the property at will, I just adore that swoop.. c

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  11. Get some liquid bandaid for your fingers – helps keep them sealed – you poor thing and having to type – OUCH! I never knew that peacocks had a 3rd idea – thanks for that tibit! Have a Great One:)

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  12. Now this is serious Celi. Everything comes from your finger tips. All those magic words and thoughts. The drama and excitement of the Farmy. It is all at your finger tips. You’ve received some excellent advice. My Good Husband is a climber. He wears special gloves but his finger tips are exposed. As long as it is not wet he climbs in all seasons. And because he is climbing in this cold weather he encounters the same problems. I had him rubbing Burt’s Bees hand salve into the tips of his fingers and then wearing cotton gloves from the $dollar store to bed. Good Luck Virginia

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    • You beat me to it…. lots of moisture and gloves in bed to keep the moisture in. You may not agree with the next solution, but a couple of days of ointment with a small quantity of steroid will speed up the healing, but you must then keep the skin well hydrated thereafter to stop recurrence

      I haven’t heard of liquid skin before, but have had a look at Wiki, and it looks like another product I used to use a few years ago…. not sure it would be tough enough to hold out when you’re outdoors doing farmy chores.

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    • when the soles of my feet crack and they will soon, as marie said it is all about blood circulation hitting this dreadful cold, I do put a cream and little sockies on, and it works like magic so it stands to reason that little gloves would work too, now where to find some little cotton gloves loitering about the place. hmm.. c

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  14. No small wonder as you have surely been typing your little fingers off, but so sorry to hear this. My mom (avid gardener) swears by olive oil. Use some that is cheap and not the EVOO, and rub it into your hands, fingers and cuticles. I tried it once and it was great…just have to remember to do it often.

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