It's after 11:00pm on Sunday night and Writer Son and Sassy Bride have just left. We hadn't seen them for several days so I Facebooked them yesterday and said, "Don't you people have any dirty clothes? I think you do."..........This morning Sassy answered my question with the comment, "LOL, yes, we'll be there this afternoon.". They come to our house to do their laundry, use my Mac and watch "The Amazing Race" with us and I love it! (But I will admit that they are the only two people that have such free use of my precious Mac!)
Now my house is totally quiet as I sit here in my family room. Well, it is not actually silent as in 'no sound at all.' The wonderful 1921 Regulator clock you see pictured here is ticking away and sending out it's beautiful chime each hour.
I am looking forward to finding out the stories behind this clock that has been in Hub's family for ninety years. His mom is still on her death bed 600 miles away from us but she insisted we bring home their beloved wall clock. We are so honored and thrilled to give it a new home and would love to pass it on to one of our sons some day.
It really does look good on our brick red wall doesn't it? The second picture makes it look like the clock is crooked but it isn't. Must have been the way I held the camera. If the clock was crooked it would not allow the pendulum to move correctly. We are learning a lot about these seven-day wind up clocks.
The other favorite keepsake that hubs brought home was a sweet little pair of chickens his mom collected and he played with when he was little. She had chickens figurines every where, along with chicken dish towels, photos, calendars.... We ladies do love our collections don't we? Well, men do a lot of collecting too don't they? Sassy just told me about an uncle whose house was full of hundreds of clocks!
Today we are enjoying the gentle tick-tock and the chimes that sometimes surprise us in this small house. It makes us feel connected to my mother-in-law and aware of what she is going through right now. She does not want to watch TV or be read to. She wants to just be. I can't imagine what that must feel like, to know you are living your last days. Making your peace with others and with God would definitely be all that is important to you. Everything else is pretty much meaningless, isn't it?
The clock is beautiful! I can imagine that you feel some how closer to your MIL as you hear it ticking. My dad LOVES clocks, he has quite a few in his house. My mother used to collect chicken and rooster figurines.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is always trying to give me family heirlooms. But since I know the next move is probably right around the corner, I don't want to collect any more stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're enjoying the clock!
Honey, we are ALL living our last days. The good part is we're not "sure" of "when". When we get to the exact point where we KNOW it's here...I believe my feelings will be sheer fear and a gut wrenching feeling of "I don't WANT to go!!"
ReplyDeleteI love your clock. My regulator broke in a fall from the wall.
I also took many trips to it to make sure it was perfectly straight. I OCD on things that aren't level or straight.