With the weather being gracious enough to allow me to hang my newly washed clothes on the line this morning, I thought I would reflect on why I absolutely love clotheslines:
Using the clothesline forces me to slow down, enjoy the sunshine and/or wind and take deep breaths in the 10-15 mins it takes me to put up a full load.- It saves energy, and my electricity bill.
- Sometimes it only takes an hour or two for clothes to be dry on really sunny or windy days.
- My garden becomes instantly colorful.
- It's, like, so European.
- Puns like "Is she hanging out?" or "I'm outside, pegging out!" are hilarious. (Thanks, Andrea.)
- I will always remember one house in Ireland along my bus route that had their family's clothes on the line, every day, rain, wind or shine.
- Drying 2 or 3 loads of laundry on the line in one day is so much more satisfying than sending them in through a dryer.
- A clothesline is so easy to put up and use: someplace to hang it from, wire/rope, pegs.
- You can even have a clothesline on a balcony.
- My clothes smell nice.
- I like the wind-blown look.
3 comments:
Mmm, I love clothes dried on a clothesline. That is one of the things that causes me to dream of having a house with a yard outside of the city one day... although the moment I say that, I think of my friends Fred and Alex who dry every single load of laundry they do on a little collapsible device on their 2-foot by 3-foot balcony in the middle of Paris...
It really is incredible what just becomes normal for drying when you don't have a dryer (or you refuse to use the dryer part of your 2-in-1 cause it's crap). Maybe just dream of a garden big enough that's in the city...
Hmm, yeah, a house with a garden in the city would be pretty lovely too... we'll see!...
Love the pics of your colorful clothes on the line!
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