Photos that show the passage of time (28 photos)

Time is fleeting, but its passage is difficult to notice when day after day you see the same things and the same people in front of you. And only if you put old and new, young and old, past and present side by side, you can see what indelible traces time leaves.





"My boyfriend bought me a new alpaca (she's on the left). I slept with the one on the right every day for 6 years



"My old and new skate shoes"





“The letters on my lotion bottle are crumbling over time.”



"So he grew up in one year"



“My wife has been using this oven mitt for many years.”



“My brother and I were each given a teddy bear at birth. I loved mine more.”



"New scratching post - and exactly the same after three years of use"



"Enter key after 10 years of entering orders in my grandmother's store"



“You can tell by the patch on my jeans what their original color was.”



“This is what a tube of toothpaste looks like that has been sitting in the sun for a year (on the left is the same, but new)”



“Finally bought casters to replace my 1950s office chair.”



"Finally got new work gloves. I worked in the old ones for two years"



The master's path: this is what the floor around the chairs in a hairdressing salon looks like



Manhole covers: old and new



“I dug up a really old orange soda can in the garden.”



Headprints of patients in a doctor's waiting room



"New Yoda and Two Year Old Yoda"



"My friend's baby towel after 20 years of use"



A faded box of pencils that had been sitting on display for a year."



One of these towels was used for 25 years, the second one was in the closet all this time



“This puzzle has been sitting on my coffee table for so long that it has turned into a floppy napkin.”



“Today I found a jacket in the store - the same as mine, only new”



"It seems I'm a little late in changing the tires"



New toothbrush (top) - and the same one after 8 years of use (bottom)



"I work in a dental office and we cover the computer keyboard with plastic for hygienic reasons. This is what it looks like now."



The bust has darkened over time, but the nose, which is constantly polished, remains golden



Trace of time