Okay, be honest: did anybody oversleep yesterday? Show up for church an hour late? Forget to turn your clocks back? We’ve been known to be an hour early for church when Daylight Savings Time ends in the fall, but we never forget in the spring! Never! Oh how I love that extra glorious hour of daylight!
I must admit though, that changing over to Daylight Savings Time is a temporary full-time job at our house! Have I mentioned I love clocks? And own…well, a LOT of them. One year I counted 40 clocks I had to change (counting the digital ones in our house.) I don’t think I have quite that many now, but nevertheless, it takes a whole evening to get them all changed. And almost every year, I discover one that got missed the year before and is now showing the correct time again.
Do you have a funny Daylight Savings Time story? What are your plans for that extra hour of daylight? I’d love to know!
Not all our “clocks” have to be changed for DST!
I’ve been known to buy clocks that don’t even have hands!
Our poor musical son-in-law had to get up in the middle of the night and rip the batteries out of this trio of guest room clocks because they were all ticking in different rhythms. Sorry, Collin! 😉
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When I was 15 my mom and I headed to church and sat down in church in back just in time for closing prayer instead opening prayer. A couple years later my realized that we didn’t set our clocks the night before just as we got to church and we left before we went in and embarrassed ourselves. That’s all I’ve got. We’ve been good since. Knocking on wood! :):) Jenny
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It only takes doing that once to “cure” you for life, huh, Jenny!? 😉
(And thank you, Robin, for the test. If you’re seeing this, I’m in!)
You do love clocks, Deb! How fun…what a great collection! I’ve been groaning this morning, trying to get going. I do enjoy more hours of daylight in the evening.
I’m an early (way too early!) riser anyway, so DST kind of gets me back on a better schedule. Like you, I LOVE the extra evening daylight!
Oh wow! What a job you have! But those are some beautiful clocks. And some are huge! I can’t imagine having to take them down and change them.
My scant OCD tendencies come through with the time change. I have to change every clock before going to bed. My husband, on the other hand, used to leave his watch for days without changing it. And that trio of clocks? The minute hands are slightly off. That would make me crazy. LOL
I do love your house. And its inhabitants. 🙂
Haha, Linda! If those 3 clocks were in our bedroom, I’d probably have all the batteries removed and all set to EXACTLY the same time, too! But since it’s a basement guest room, I don’t have to be too OCD about it. 😉
I love all the clocks & how you decorated with them. I’ll have to share these with my sister who also loves clocks. I’m in love with your rocking chain with the 3 clocks. Thanks for sharing the remarkable photos.
Thank you, Betty! That rocker is pretty special since it came from my great-grandmother’s farmhouse that I grew up in after my parents bought the farm. She and my grandmother, my mother, and I have all rocked our babies in that chair. And my grandbabies have been rocked in it too. And maybe generations before that? We don’t know the beginning history of that chair. But it is very meaningful to me!
Who knew you had so many clocks, woman! I love clocks, too. That little table is adorable! I’m still trying to decide what to do with that little “red bird cage” shelf I got when you were here. And still thinking about Donut Den!! : }
Aww, now you’ve gone and made me miss you! 🙁 Wonderful memories of our short time in Nashville…especially Donut Den! 😉
I remember when I was a kid and they started DST. After all these years, I still haven’t seen an extra hour of daylight. Never! I think it was an ill-conceived notion that creates a lot of hassle every spring and every fall with no true benefit. The lawmakers who passed that legislation are probably still laughing about how they fooled so many people, that is if they are still alive.
As a farmer’s daughter I do remember that DST meant my daddy didn’t have to come home in the dark every night (except for harvest time, when they often were in the fields until ten or even midnight). But I also remember my parents complaining that we children had to go to school in the dark for the first few weeks of DST, so it was somewhat of a tradeoff!
I enjoy collecting things, especially books; collecting clocks never even occurred to me – would I have to be ‘on time’ if I started a collection of clocks?! Your home is lovely and reflects a heart that welcomes friends and family… your ‘clocks out of rhythm’ story is too funny! As a spouse of a pastor, the clock change in the spring was always a nightmare for me- trying to get the kids and myself around earlier than the day before… 60 precious minutes 😉
Thank you, Abbie. I’m so glad you feel that welcoming feeling we try to give our home. We do love to have friends and family over and justify our three guest rooms with how often they get used!
I remember my mom trying to get all five of us kids ready for church on a Sunday morning! No small task, especially if you’re short an hour of sleep and dealing with cranky babies!
Ooh, Deb. Didn’t know you were a clock person. I have clocks, too. None of them operational. I’m with Collin cause I can’t take the various rhythms. I try to make a song out of them in my mind. But they look pretty!! Did I mention we’re always late, especially yesterday. Love to you folks.
LOL! Non-operational clocks used to bug me, but I’m fully embracing them now! (Not to mention it saves on batteries!)
Love the pictures of the clocks in your home!!