Winter is here - well, late autumn, anyway. Mild - we're expecting 19 degrees - and very wet. So we still need to consider our eyes and vision, even if we are not as concerned about sun-protection at present!

Sunglasses are still useful on glary, bright days, but never wear them at night. With wet roads and the lights from in-coming cars, drivers can experience discomfort glare and also miss pedestrians running across the road in dark clothes, but you need as much light is available to pick up road hazards (including pedestrians who see you and figure that you se them too). Sunglasses block light, so are dangerous to wear in the dark.

Many people snuggle down and enjoy winter hobbies at this time - reading gardening books rather than getting out in the garden, writing the great NZ novel, cooking warming soups and stews. Reading the recipe book, reading the garden guide, cross-stitch for hours, writing (by hand or on the computer) - are your eyes up to concentrated near viewing? Our aim is to give you single, clear, comfortable vision. If you can't see as well or as easily as you'd like to, call us for an appointment to-day.

A busy week

Winnie and I have had a busy week, which explains why this post is later than usual. We have had a new practice management computer system installed, kindly supported by Essilor who are a large funder of Sunnix Vision. Sunnix is great because one of the directors is an optometrist, and Essilor is also very supportive in paying for updates as users decide that things could be improved. It has the advantage that if enough optometristrs want a screen that does something, this can be done.

So we are tackling our new system - haven't crashed it yet!