17 images that clearly demonstrate the passage of time (18 photos)
Time flies unnoticed by us: seconds turn into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into days and years. And before we know it, the little kitten that used to fit in the palm of our hand grows into a well-fed cat. Time leaves its merciless mark everywhere. Take a look! 
1. Almost three years of wearing braces 
2. New water filter compared to the one that was used for one year 
3. Sleep masks, one new, and the second, which I have been using for two years 
4. My mother in 1966 and today 
5. The candlesticks are the same age, but one has been polished. 
6. Ten-year-old boots and new ones 
7. Percussion wood block brand new and old 
8. My cat’s favorite ball: old and new 
9. This is what color my new jeans were 
10. Old sneakers are thoroughly worn 
11. On the right is a teapot that my grandparents received as a wedding gift in 1947, and on the left is a teapot that was never used 
12. New broom vs old 
13. Wife’s parents: fifty years together today 
14. This is what eight years of sun bleaching did to this heavy blanket 
15. My husband's ten-year-old computer chair compared to the new chair of the same model that I will surprise him with tonight. 
16. My baby blanket when it was new and twenty years later 
17. The same teddy bear 30 years apart 
