KEEPING TIME

Pocket watches made in much of the 18th-19th centuries were wound by inserting watch keys into their cases. These keys got to be quite decorative over time, and we saw a large variety of them during our recent visit to the Cornell Fine Art Museum.
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Speaking of time, the bottom low-light photo is one of the last taken with our Stereo Realist camera, which had started to malfunction: little Miss Ashley stares back at a new grandfather 28 years ago!
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Brownbird - Happy Birthday, No. 1!