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I remember "helping" my Mom hang clothes to dry: I handed her the clothes pins. I'm sure she could have done the work in half the time. In the winter, her hands would turn red from the wet clothes and the cold weather. Jeans, on the clothesline, would freeze in the winter and could stand on their own when brought into the house to thaw.
I miss having a clothesline and the smell of sun-dried sheets.
I love line-dried sheets too, but the pollen this year has been so awful I have not been hanging anything out to dry! My aunt in Vermont used to hang sheets on her porch in the winter and they would freeze!
ReplyDeleteI told Dave one of the first things we are putting in at the new place is a clothesline. I haven't had one for 15 years (since I moved out on my own).
ReplyDeleteI share some of those memories:)
ReplyDeleteSun dried sheets smelled so wonderful. But I hated putting my dad’s work uniform pants onto the metal pant stretchers before hanging them.
ReplyDeleteI used to hang my wash outside , sheets, and the like, in our old neighborhood. There is so much pollen at the moment, I would not do it. One of my favorite photos is of a clothesline in Wisconsin in a snowy yard!
ReplyDeleteI love to smell sheets dried on the line---
ReplyDeletethe joke reminds me of how foolish we can be when we think we have 'discovered' something old as new...
My mother loved to do laundry. She always hung it out to dry. She loved to iron too. It was a big production with one of those sprinkle bottles that used to fascinate me when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteWe used to hang everything outside too. No dryer until I was in high school. It was so cold in the winter, stretching my Dad's jeans onto the metal pants hangers. Then Mom would sprinkle everything, roll it up and put it in the freezer until Tuesday, ironing day. We had a wringer washer so Monday was wash day, Tuesday iron.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
Ah the memories. Most of the places we’ve lived recently do not allow a clothes line. In fact our current place doesn’t want towels or anything on the deck railings either. But pollen is a big issue during spring.
ReplyDeleteI love sun-dried clothing. I have to bug Keith to put up a line at our new house.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a clothesline here. I miss it! Yes my mom's hands would be all red and chapped it is impossible to hang clothes with gloves on:(
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