Counting The Days
Many times people tell me or message me in regard to a memory that was sparked by seeing one of my images.. This story was sent to me in regard to the clock som...
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Many times people tell me or message me in regard to a memory that was sparked by seeing one of my images.. This story was sent to me in regard to the clock someone saw in this image..
"When I was 16 and dirt was still fresh, my parents took me to the Netherlands to visit relatives but first a little back-story regarding the real reason. This happened to be the closure of a Swiss Bank account. It was part of the end of the world back-up plan until they figured out that for middle America they charge a fee to keep your money. Unfortunately, by the time this tidbit was discovered, the Swiss had pretty much emptied the account for them.
Your Christmas tree picture reminded me of that trip and one of the souvenirs that they had picked up along the way which was a clock that had been made somewhere in the Netherlands and now hangs out in our living room. It's kind of like one of my second cousins, Taller and thinner.
Another funny one was that our clock has been a giant pain in the ass since it arrived in the states. The first thing was the broken glass in the door when it arrived. The shop was contacted and a new one was sent. Pops in his infinite wisdom glued it in with JB Weld or some such crap and neglected to wipe off the excess. It's still there to this day because it is doubtful that it would come out in one piece due to its unique shape and it is now 40 some-odd years later so replacement would be expensive or impossible.
Dad was a character in that respect. He had no clue when it came to the "finer things" in life. I remember Mom coming unglued once because she had some Ethan Allen furniture and he was using the kitchen chairs as sawhorses. I think he even nicked one with a circular saw.
Before we left Cali my wife and I had gone into an Ethan Allen store to inquire about a replacement and the guy says, Sure we can replace them, they'll be about $600 apiece and they won't have the same construction because they aren't made in the U.S. any more.
Thanks but no thanks. On a side note, we also inherited her hutch and everything made it to Colorado in one piece and the while it was being loaded into the Uhaul for transport to the house, one of the nimrods I hired to help me load it put his knee through the center panel of glass. It's been nine years and it's still missing. So that is my clock story, and then some..."
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"When I was 16 and dirt was still fresh, my parents took me to the Netherlands to visit relatives but first a little back-story regarding the real reason. This happened to be the closure of a Swiss Bank account. It was part of the end of the world back-up plan until they figured out that for middle America they charge a fee to keep your money. Unfortunately, by the time this tidbit was discovered, the Swiss had pretty much emptied the account for them.
Your Christmas tree picture reminded me of that trip and one of the souvenirs that they had picked up along the way which was a clock that had been made somewhere in the Netherlands and now hangs out in our living room. It's kind of like one of my second cousins, Taller and thinner.
Another funny one was that our clock has been a giant pain in the ass since it arrived in the states. The first thing was the broken glass in the door when it arrived. The shop was contacted and a new one was sent. Pops in his infinite wisdom glued it in with JB Weld or some such crap and neglected to wipe off the excess. It's still there to this day because it is doubtful that it would come out in one piece due to its unique shape and it is now 40 some-odd years later so replacement would be expensive or impossible.
Dad was a character in that respect. He had no clue when it came to the "finer things" in life. I remember Mom coming unglued once because she had some Ethan Allen furniture and he was using the kitchen chairs as sawhorses. I think he even nicked one with a circular saw.
Before we left Cali my wife and I had gone into an Ethan Allen store to inquire about a replacement and the guy says, Sure we can replace them, they'll be about $600 apiece and they won't have the same construction because they aren't made in the U.S. any more.
Thanks but no thanks. On a side note, we also inherited her hutch and everything made it to Colorado in one piece and the while it was being loaded into the Uhaul for transport to the house, one of the nimrods I hired to help me load it put his knee through the center panel of glass. It's been nine years and it's still missing. So that is my clock story, and then some..."
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KayBrewer
December 11, 2014
I like the backstory - a little nostalgic, a little poignant, a little sad, a little funny
I LOVE the Christmas tree - glorious!
I LOVE the Christmas tree - glorious!
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pedronunoferreira
April 25, 2015
This is beautiful and brings back good memories I have. The Christmas tree as always been special to me and although its been almost three years that I do not set one, over the years I've gathered so many Christmas tree glass ornaments, some are now more than 70 years old, used before and during my childhood and now inherited from my parents and grand parents, others bought by me ... well I keep them in the boxes now as I do not have the time as I once did to set up the Christmas tree, and they are so many that they are enough for three Christmas trees like this one in the photograph, but by seeing this Christmas tree so magnificently photographed it brought back memories of how my Christmas trees looked like in the evening spreading the peaceful worming rich in colour light across the room. Thanks for the nice work of beautiful photographic you've done here which brings me back positive memories of something I like so much, the Christmas tree, the glass ornaments, the colourful lights, the amanita muscaria mushrooms of which I have many as Christmas tree glass ornaments, the fairies, the gnomes, the model trains at the base of the Christmas tree, the family and many other good things as well as the history of the Christmas tree. Well done.
pedronunoferreira
January 05, 2016
I like this photograph very much. Voted for 500 colors photo contest
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adavies
January 12, 2016
Love everything about this photo! Well done! And I'm thrilled to see a little Santa in the lower right corner...now I can ask you to please consider joining my Santa Sightings challenge as well:)
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