The sweet smell of fresh air, and the sun shining down makes for a happy afternoon, and it also makes for a great day to hang out clothes on the line!
When we initially became adults, I had zero interest in clothes drying outside. Why in the world would I take a basket of heavy, wet clothes, pin them all up, wait for them to dry, and then take them down only to have them feel stiff and smell like we'd gone camping?
This frame of mind lasted until we moved to our homestead in Missouri. Then magically, the idea didn't seem so bad when I no longer had a washer and dryer, and our only option was a trek to town and the laundry mat, or hand wash and hang dry. Every time I chose the latter, we saved sooo much money.
We all got used to the clothes being a bit stiffer, and the smell of the hollers of Missouri left a sweet scent. Well, that is until the husband would inevitably start a fire while the clothes were on the line.🤦
So, while we are bugging out waiting for this pandemic to be over, we have been super blessed with a great place to be that includes a washer and dryer!
My, oh my!
These machines are beautiful! A set of fully clean clothes ready to be worn in as little as two hours? Fluffy towels at a push of a button? My heart overflowths.
But my heart also longs for the simplicity and magic a clothes line brings. Plus, the realist in me loves the self-sufficiency of letting the sun do the drying versus paying for the electricity is really appealing. So when we looked outside and saw one ready to go, I might have squealed a little...there could have even been a little pee.
Good thing there's a washer.
I was getting ready to wash our shower curtains to hang up in the house, and I thought they would be a great test run on the line. The hubs and I set out to the backyard, and unfortunately found that the line was pretty ancient. It was mostly black and falling apart. But on the bright side, we had clothesline in our trailer just in case we needed to dry things while traveling!
Soon enough, the Yeti was hard at work weaving the line in and out of the holes in the poles, and we were in business!
By the time he was done, the curtains were ready to be hung up.
I was so excited to see them waving through the spring air!
Shortly after we had it all up, we needed to make a run into town. I thought when we got back home, the curtains would probably be dry and I could put them in the bathroom. However, when we got back, our neighbor was having some sort of trash fire and the air smelled like burnt plastic.
I rewashed the curtains and hung them up in the shower wet. You can't win 'em all.
Thanks for sharing this with me!
Much love,
Stacie D