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3 August 2026

My grandfather clock has started chiming three minutes early, so I need to deal with that. I usually reset the time to match my phone whenever I wind it, unless I’ve managed to misplace the phone — which happens more often than I’d like to admit. Winding the clock means using a small crank to raise three brass weights that hang from brass chains.

The old Black Forest clock is about twenty‑five years old now, but it still ticks like a champ — knock on wood. We picked it up the last time we lived in Germany. The only real trouble we’ve had with it was when the lock on the front door broke and we couldn’t open it. That becomes a major crisis when winding time rolls around. We had to track down a clock repair person to get it open and replace the lock. He suggested we simply stop locking it, and my first thought was, well, duh — I should’ve figured that out myself.

Inside the clock, down each side, are two narrow glass shelves. Sitting on them are four ten‑inch‑tall white porcelain clown‑musician figurines with gold‑leaf hats and accents and sapphire‑colored Swarovski crystal buttons — souvenirs from a porcelain factory we visited in Italy. Of all the figurines we have, they’re my favorites: simple yet elegant.

That reminds me — the first time we visited Italy was in the ’80s, before the euro became a thing. We took a million lire with us. Just saying “a million lire” made me feel well‑off, even though it was only the equivalent of about seven to eight hundred dollars. We were actually packing lire, marks, and dollars. Nowadays it’s mostly euros everywhere. We were living in Germany when that country switched currency.

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“Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels.” —William Faulkner

“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.” —Cicero

#photo #photography #nature#birds #birdin #morning #landscape #egrets #grandfatherclock #travel #currency

#BlueskyArtShow #Wood Detail of a totally wooden grandfather clock built by my dad. #EastCoastKin #Woodworking #GrandfatherClock #Macro

I let the #GrandfatherClock in my great room run down again. Rather than stand there advancing the minute hand a quarter hour at a go, letting the chimes ring each time (which you have to do, since simply setting the time in one swoop leaves the chimes out of synch), I just set a reminder with #Alexa so I can wind and restart it at the time it shows.

老婆 bought a used #GrandfatherClock. Alatus is just happy that it extends his living room parcour course. Floor -> couch -> wall opening -> filing cabinet -> bookcase -> printer -> clock. The top of the clock is nearly 2m high. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Haunting Art

"Half-way up the stairs it stands,
And points and beckons with its hands
From its case of massive oak,
Like a monk, who, under his cloak,
Crosses himself, and sighs, alas!
With sorrowful voice to all who pass,--
"Forever--never!
Never--forever!"

'The Old Clock on the Stairs' a watercolor illustration by William Ladd Taylor, feels all the more haunting when paired with this snippet from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem of the same name that it first appeared with in a 1904 issue of Ladies Home Journal.

#williamladdtaylor #wltaylor #henrywadsworthlongfellow #hauntingart #illustration #illustrator #poetry #poet #ladieshommejournal #illustratedpoetry #magazineart #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #art #artist #kunst #clock #grandfatherclock #time #artoftheday #paintingoftheday

We picked this up for $100 and I feel so not guilty for spending $100 when I haven’t paid myself for three months… #grandfatherclock #clock #timepiece

3D Printed Post Modern Grandfather Clock - Projects can often spiral, not down or up, but out. For [Derek] he started playing... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/04/3d-printed-post-modern-grandfather-clock/ #anchorescapement #grandfatherclock #3dprinterhacks #clockhacks #3dprint #modern

Time for another game?

Taken at the Breakers (Vanderbilt) mansion in Newport RI.

#Photography #Photo #TravelPhotography #Photographer #BlackAndWhitePhoto #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Art #ArtBooster #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Prints #MastoArt #FediArt #AYearForArt #Canon #CanonDSLR #Photos #Photograph #PhotoArt #PhotographyLovers #RhodeIsland #NewportRI #PlayingCards #GrandfatherClock #Reflections

And what morning would be complete without some minor grandfather clock “maintenance” and winding before setting out for the day.
#FatherTime
#GrandfatherClock
#HowardMiller

Can Mastodon solve a puzzle for me? I'm trying to discover the purpose of an unusual dial on an old #grandfatherClock. It is the outer dial that puzzles me. The other, inner, dial clearly indicates lunar cycle, but the outer is split into two sections of 1 - 12 in a possibly logarithmic ratio, with a hand that points to the same number in each section. The hand moved number once a day. Any #horologists or #clock enthusiasts? #Boosts welcome

#grandfatherClocks #horology #clocks #clockmakers