It’s That Time of Year

It has been beautiful here in the Carolinas this weekend. Last week we had temperatures in the 80’s, but this weekend was a little cooler with the strong winds blowing through.

I got a text from my husband Friday. “I’m going to be outside cutting grass if you need me”. 

Now that he has started, he will have to continue cutting the lawn every week. The weeds were gettng tall and the onion garden could feed ten thousand people. “It’s that time of year again”. 

We are finally able to get our afternoon walks in. While walking trough the neighborhood, nothing screems spring like the cherry trees blooming and daffodils laughing. Then that smell! Those stinky Bradford Pear trees.  “It’s that time of year again”. 

Thank goodness we had some rain last week. I hope it keeps the pollen levels down as we enter into Spring. The pollen puddles looked like abstract paintings with swirls of green as the fallen pollen is washed away. “It’s that time of year again”.

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I’m wide awake at 7:00 in the morning. The sun is beaming through the windows, and the birds are singing a melody. “It’s that time of year again” and I love it.

I plan to go to the garden store next weekend and purchase a few plants to grow. I want to grow another egg plant and maybe some cucumbers or squash. I have a plan to do another patio garden using planters. I can’t hardly wait to get the patio cleaned and set up for the warmer months. 

I just love the warmer weather and longer days. 

And by the way, The beach just called and said, “It’s that time of year again”!

Happy Sunday.

My Brown Eyes Green

I was born with dark brown eyes. They went well with my full head of black hair at the time.

I had dark brown eyes until I hit my 20's. I got pregnant at twenty-one and gave birth to a beautiful green eyed girl. After becoming a mother, I noticed my eyes were no longer that dark brown and more of a hazel green like my mothers.

Since 1991 I blamed my daughter for the change in my eye color. Some days they still look brown but not dark brown. They are sometimes yellowish and when I'm in the sun they turn a bright green. Most of the time my eyes are just a permanent hazel.

What color do you see? Brown or green?  

They have even mentioned it at the license bureau "Ma'am, It states that you have brown eyes. Do you wear contacts?". I replied "No, It must be the lighting. I was born with brown eyes and prefer to leave it that way". It also states that my hair is brown, will I have to change it one day to read gray?

Changes in eye color is normal. (This I read) 10 to 15 percent of causcassions will experience eye color changes while races with darker eyes see little to no changes. Eye color is caused by the amount of Melanin that is produced. As we get older, the pigment Melanin reduces causing eye color to lighten. Most brown eyes will turn hazel green or honey yellow. This is permanent. Just like hair. It looses pigment and will turn lighter or gray the rate of this can vary due to genitics.

OK, so I guess I can stop blaming it on pregnancy right? Nope. A woman looses Melanin while pregnant so this could have played a big roll in the color changing.
Of course! Because, I'm not old or at least I wasn’t at twenty-two!

Other things that can cause eye color changes, but are not permanent are sun exposure, stress or mood changes.

Honey can temperarly enhance your eye color- It is a natural bleach agent.

Spinach will temperarly brighten your eyes.

But did you know that adding fish to your diet regularly can cause permament color change? 

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Notice I said “Color change” not neccesarly a “different color”.

In reality, your eyes really do not change to “different” colors. Depending on your genitics our eyes will naturally lighten and makes brown appear golden or have a greenish hue. Remember, I said my mother has hazel eyes? 

Do you still have the same eye color you had when you were young?
I bet you just looked in the mirror, didn't you?