Good Timing

Back in the summer, Mr. Bloom and I spent a few days in Shropshire. There are some lovely small towns in that area and much of the time, needless to say, was spent in antique and charity shops. I also managed to find a car boot sale and two flea markets, and we were only up there for 3 days! The car was quite full by the time we left.

One of my purchases was a clock for Mr. Bloom for his birthday. He chose it himself, as he is very particular in his taste. We had it packed carefully and put it in the car with our (my!) other purchases. When we got home we carefully unloaded the car and brought everything inside. As I was excitedly rummaging through my treasures, one of the bags slowly tipped over and fell on the floor. I heard a sort of tinkling noise and my heart sank. I picked up the bag – it was the clock which had fallen onto its face and the glass broke into 4 pieces.
Mr. Bloom was very philosophical about it, I wanted to cry.

It is standing in our front room. Mr. Bloom winds it up every few days and it has a lovely ticking sound, but each time I look at it a wave of guilt washes over me. Instead of “tick-tock” I hear “you-broke-me-you-broke-me”.

This week we popped out to a bric-a-brac shop that I had noticed opened up at the weekend. Though I was disappointed with their stock, I did manage to find this lovely set of 6 soup bowls for 35p each.

They are in perfect condition and will complement my dinner plates really well.
They have pretty mottled pattern when you look close up.

But the real find of the day was the clock you can see in the corner of the picture. Not something I would have bought normally but the glass front was exactly the same size as the one I’d broken! I really couldn’t believe my luck and the price was right too - £3.

So now Mr. Bloom’s clock is restored and I can look at it without remorse.

I am sure it is ticking a lot more happily too – and surrounded by all that lace and flowery frippery, how could it not be happy?

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