The Old Clock

For many years we had an old clock in our front foyer of our home. It was a clock with chimes that were connected to the doorbell. Someone would ring our doorbell and the clock chimes would ring. The clock and chimes were located in a niche built into the wall. The doorbell part of the clock/chimes stopped working a few years after we moved into this home in 1997. Eventually the clock stopped working too. I had installed a new doorbell and the clock/chimes were just ornamental. 

Now some twenty years after moving into this house we decided to remove the clock/chimes while painting that room. During this first year of retirement we have repainted several rooms on the first floor including the foyer. I took the clock apart and removed the chimes. I put everything in storage in the basement so perhaps some time someone else may want to restore the clock/chimes to its former place in the foyer. In the meantime I painted the grotto and Becky hung some artwork in that niche. It looks great.