It's About Time

I am feeling especially melancholy but happy at the same time. I took my parent's westminster chime into the jewellers to get adapted with an automatic timepiece. It is quite pricey. Might as well bought a new clock (almost). But, they told me it would be quite expensive also to fix it and encouraged me to use the automatic which did not require windup and I can adjust the sound and the music. At first, I did not want to do anything but FIX it. I wanted it the way it was...but realized I was not keeping it for an antique (they got it as a wedding gift on May 31, 1942 which makes it almost 71 years old) but merely for myself and my own enjoyment. My hubby is not keen on hearing it every quarter but the moment that she played it for me in the repair shop...tears came to my eyes. It had been a long time since I heard that sound. Memories!

Anyway, we will get used to the quarter chimes and I know they will become as comforting to my hubby as they are to me. (Time will tell).

Anyway, speaking about time and timing....I decided to take a quick video of the clock turning 6 pm and rushed to get my camera. It had already started the chiming when I finally turned the video on and at the same time, the telephone rang. Now...get the picture....I was in the bedroom with the chiming clock and my mom's old-fashioned phone with enhanced sound! I could hardly hear the chimes (as we had turned it down low to start with) and the phone was turned loud so we could hear it!! Timing...it's everything!

I just thought it was funny and maybe you would too!

Westminster Chime Clock - 71 years old and still running!