Laundry List
My Mom would say this is a hardy bunch, brave enough to hang their laundry out in winter. We use a clothesline, but just spring through fall. I like the smell of clothes that are air-dried, and it saves your wallet quite a bit on electricity too. But to tell you the truth, I'd think twice and maybe even a few more times before I'd hang the weekly laundry out on the front porch for all the world to take in. Now, I've hung clothes out in early December before, and I know when I take them in, sometimes they are frozen solid. When I bring them in the house, they thaw and are still wet. I wonder if this young lady is faced with the same predicament. I think I know. The 'flags' here are flying off this front porch most days that I drive by. Same clothes two and three days at a time. I do believe she is waging the same war that I did that December day, but out there for the world to see, unmentionables and all.
i wonder how long it takes those to dry in snow?!
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for her. She obviously doing it because she has to.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I loved the smell of outside dried clothes. Mom used to be "stretchers" in our jeans legs.
Wouldn't they dry faster indoors in the winter? No?
ReplyDeleteSharon's must think alike because I was about to say exactly the same thing as the Sharon above. Surely there is someplace indoors to hang those clothes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the two Sharon!
ReplyDeleteHere,we hang clothes outside every day of the year, no problem with frozing!:)
Bless his/her heart - it makes for a really nifty shot! I really like the aqua green plaid shirt. The grey sweats with wet marks on the crotch area...? Not so much.
ReplyDeletewe hung our laundry out in the dead of winter in wisconsin - the freeze did help them dry out, somewhat.
ReplyDeleteI always got a kick out of the clothes coming in stiff as boards!
ReplyDeleteI can't quite seem to grasp why you don't like deep frozen shirts.
ReplyDeleteHanging (& taking down) clothes on the line is the first chore I remember liking when I was growing up..I've had them freeze up here too...It's so much better for the environment, especially now that people use chemical "dryer sheets" which ventilate to the out of doors...(& kill people like me who are allergic to them.)
ReplyDeleteI always hang my clothes to dry, but we have an indoor laundry rack. I guess I'm just used to the European way of doing things, most people don't have the space for a dryer and the electricity charges are high.
ReplyDeleteHanging clothes out on a FRONT porch does seem a bit out there for me. :)
ReplyDeleteOur neighbors have a clothes line in their backyard. But they are a rare item in these parts!
ReplyDeleteNice shot. Reminds me of my grandmothers.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I think of frozen clothes on the line, THE LONG WINTER comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteMaybe this is what her finances require her to do or maybe this is a statement of frugality or environmental concern. Fortunately, I am not enlightened and think that clothes dryers are just fine.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I was fascinated by frozen clothing. We'd take bits of wet clothes out in the winter just to make empty little sculptures. Same idea here.
ReplyDeleteIn Brazil we have nice weather so it's easy to dry clothes outside.But during winter and snow like that it's complicated!
ReplyDeleteI can't live in Europe without my dry clothes machine! ;)
Léia
Clothes dried in open air smell so great. I used to laugh at the sight of frozen laundry.
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