The key to this chore IS the KEY.
I started fine tuning the clocks about a week ago. It is a chore getting them all to keep time together. The bottom of the key winds the clocks, and the opposite end is used to set them to a slower or faster pace.
I don't normally run all my clocks all the time. It is a chore to keep them all going. And it can get a little noisy, what with all the tick-tocks, chimes and cuckoo-ing going on...
The cuckoo keeps time and chime with a series of weights. ..and they must be set at least every other day..tick tick tick...
The clock that my mother painted is battery operated, and requires the least attention to keep it on time. However, when the batteries need to be replaced, it is a big production to take it down off the wall and wrestle the old battery out and replace it with a new one without breaking the mechanism. Thankfully, I only need to do that about once a year.
We did not have a White Christmas...but we will have a snowy New Year. It is beautiful out there...but cold and icy.
When midnight arrives, we will keep with tradition...and send someone out the back door... into the night with the hunk of fresh bread, some salt, a piece of silver, a piece of coal and a bottle of wine. That person will walk around the house and enter with the gifts through the front door. (I hope it isn't me this year!) burrr...
Then we will ring the bells and bang pots and pans for the woodland critters....
Have a Magical Midnight and a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year!
Welcome 2013!
