In addition to making cards Richard has taken up another hobby: repairing watches. He buys broken watches at yard sales, estate sales and second hand stores. Often they just need a new battery but sometimes they require a backing or strap. He fixes them up to running and donates them to a homeless shelter.
On Thursday the shelter handed him two
large bags of broken watches. Jai and I
have joined his cause and made the watches a family project. We have sorted the watches into piles of “probably just
needs a new battery” to “no straps” “straps only” “backings” “without
backings” and so
forth. I have decided to wear a new
watch each day – just to make
certain that it is working. Problem is I
find that I haven’t looked at it
often enough.
I had set a green watch aside as one I
might like to keep. I had it on for two
days before I realized the hands were no longer working. The one I wore today is a red one that has on
hat over the face. There are only four
numbers and I couldn’t make out the
time very well. I wore it more as a
fashion statement.
Richard has not repaired even a hundred
watches yet. I am certain there are
currently 200 watches (give or take a few) on our back table. Jaime is marking them while I blog about
it. Perhaps I will go join them again
once I have posted.
