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Muscle Memory

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Our son is called Timothy. In order to make it easier for our German relatives this was shortened to Timo (which we thought was terribly creative not realising that Timo on its own had become widely popular at the time time). He is now 35 and everytimotime I write the word “time” my fingers type timo and I have to go back, and replace the o with an e. Every timo time!

This photo of him was taken a long timo time ago, in 2000, for the his school’s millenium parade celebrating famous people in timo time. He decided to go as Martin Luther King (which suited me fine, since it was a much easier costume than the ones for all the Tut-ankh-Amuns, Henry VIIIs, and even Julius Cesars.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Timo Time

Joy or Sorrow

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time keeps flowing. Birkenau (in the Odenwald) is a large village or small town of just under 10,000 inhabitants. It also has more than 200 sun dials, free standing ones and on houses. Since 2021 the record is official: Birkenau has the world record in “laregest … Continue reading Joy or Sorrow

This Time of the Year, Again

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We had a hot and dry spring, a summer with a wet spell and then hot again. I’ve been enjoying the hot weather tremendously, much more than in recent years for very personal reasons. The heat has come back last week and I took delight in the weather during the last week of my holidays. I took my bike out this afternoon and cycled down the road in the summer sun – when these guys stopped me short.

“Noooooo! Not yet!!”

The geese in the meadow are a stark reminder of summer’s end. These geese will be fattened up for another two months or three to be served either on as traditional goose at Martinmas or as Christmas dinner. Time waits for no one. Not for summer. Not for the geese. Not for me.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Time

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Disparity

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“How did it get so late so soon?  It’s night before it’s afternoon.  December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn.  How did it get so late so soon?”

Dr. Seuss

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