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Weekly Challenge: Time …

The prompt is to think about time and portray it photographically.  Perhaps you have a fascination with clocks. Or maybe contemplating time takes you somewhere else completely.

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This is my granfather Charles’s pocket watch.  He died in 1910 and I’m not sure how long he had this pocket watch but it’s safe to say it’s over 100 years old.

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A close up of the intricate pictures on the front and back.

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For many years the watch sat in my jewelry box untouched.  Recently I took it out and wound it and it began ticking… it was missing hands though.

IMG_1091New hands, new pocket watch chain, thorough cleaning and the watch is keeping time once again.  Actually that’s not entirely true, Charles the watch doesn’t always keep the correct time every day… seems Charles is having a bit of a good time teasing us.

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It’s okay that Charles the pocket watch is ticking to its own time… sort of goes along with this wall clock of mine that cares not what time it is :)

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beautiful Morning Glory Farm... Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard

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Time And Time Again …

Time to change the clocks again from Standard time to Daylight Savings time, and therein lies my teeny gripe!

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According to the dictionary the definitions of standard are: normal, accepted, definitive, and official to name a few. I bring this up because this Sunday, March 8th is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time.

I’m one of those rare people who like it when it gets dark early. I like long evenings when you can be cozy and comfy… not that you can’t do that when it’s light out but it seems somehow more cozy when it’s dark. I know there are some others out there that agree with me but somehow when we mention this preference we get looks of disbelief. I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy an evening stroll, I’m not totally a hermit… I have been known to actually be outside after supper and enjoyed it.

I Googled ‘what do you call someone who likes the dark‘ and  of course got ‘vampire’…but lo and behold there is a word for those of us who do like early darkness better, it’s..

nyctophilia  nyc·to·phil·i·a (nĭk’tə-fĭl’ē-ə)
n.
 A preference for the night or darkness.

Guess I’m a nyctophiliac.

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I guess in the scheme of things it doesn’t matter…time is what it is…

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and as for me, I’m always….

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