As baby boomers grope their way through middle age, they are encountering the daily indignities that accompany a downward slide in visual acuity: trying to read a road map in a car at night; cellphones designed for 20-year-old eyes; the minuscule letters on a bottle of aspirin; nutrition information squeezed onto a bag of peanuts.

But unlike their parents and grandparents, they are not shy about expressing their displeasure, in some cases, taking matters into their own hands or prompting companies to pay attention, reports The New York Times.

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“Weeding Glasses” are sun-tint reading glasses for those of us who want to weed, read, and do close-work outdoors but don’t need expensive prescription sunglasses. They come in seven hand-colored patterns in six magnifications from 1.5 to 3.

We wear Weeding Glasses when we cheat on the New York Times Puzzles on the patio on sunny mornings and read on the chaise lounge (when it’s not in use by the dogs).

If you’re light sensitive, they also protect from the glare of harsh fluorescent lights found in many offices and stores.

We both have light-sensitive eyes: Marty inherited her’s from her mother. Cait got her’s from dragging herself miles to school through the snows of Manitoba, where teachers today actually warn parents to equip their children with sunglasses to prevent snow blindness, something they didn’t do when Cait was a child.

Weeding Glasses are cute and small enough that people won’t wonder if you’re wearing them inside because you have a hangover or fancy yourself a celebrity.