Whatsit Wednesday - A lock

We use it everyday in so many ways. You lock or unlock the front door, placing the key in the lock and turning until the mechanism settles - sometimes with a click. On a locker you might have a combination lock where you turn back and forth until the right numbers have been displayed and the lock falls open. But that’s not what we’re talking about here. 

You might take a good bit of time every morning to make sure that your locks all fall beautifully into place and you are presentable to the world. Curls must be curled or straightened. Straight sections must be curled or combed into place. Some people even cut off their locks off to give to others. But that is not what we are talking about here. 

A few hundred years ago both the Dutch and Belgians went to war with flintlock weapons. A mechanism was released by the trigger which then caused a flash of powder to send a musket ball flying to its target. But that is not what we are talking about here. 

We live on a canal. Every day we can see boats pass by on “our” canal. Boats can come from or go to the harbor in Antwerp Belgium. They could also pass by our house on the way to or from the harbor in Rotterdam. Our canal connects several other canals. 

Just down the acces road along the canal we can visit our local lock. This is where the boats transfer from a higher section of canal to a lower section (or vice-versa). It is always exciting to see the doors open, the boat enter, the doors close and then the boat rise or fall before exiting the other side when the doors open. The lock opens up the life that passes by every day.