tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post4600424660456212247..comments2023-11-05T07:04:54.561-05:00Comments on Chronicles of a Country Girl: Laundry on the lineCountry Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-26675479309271417152010-03-12T01:07:04.209-05:002010-03-12T01:07:04.209-05:00Really enjoyed my visit to Amish country! Thanks, ...Really enjoyed my visit to Amish country! Thanks, and enjoyed visiting your blog too! :)carolecarole brungarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762942808546867333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-56928795063296045722010-03-11T10:51:13.632-05:002010-03-11T10:51:13.632-05:00LOL...we don't have a clothes line. I can see...LOL...we don't have a clothes line. I can see it now, cat's hanging off the clothes.The JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860982258621823529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-30393550981004215522010-03-10T15:52:52.670-05:002010-03-10T15:52:52.670-05:00When I tell people that I use a "solar dryer&...When I tell people that I use a "solar dryer" they're always curious as to how it works...very easy to install!! Have never wanted anything more.SuzieQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-89243932933456997252010-03-09T14:15:50.206-05:002010-03-09T14:15:50.206-05:00I love this. I hung out all my comforters this wee...I love this. I hung out all my comforters this weekend and now they smell so good. It's amazing what the sunshine can do.Bella Dellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03287127945623070898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-83583680833594773532010-03-09T13:15:16.545-05:002010-03-09T13:15:16.545-05:00Growing up in the Bronx many apartments had cothes...Growing up in the Bronx many apartments had cothes lines out the bathroom window (I am assuming now looking back it was because you did small handwashes of lingerie or other undies in the bathroom basin) and most of those lines had pulleys ... ToonMan does our laundry but I do the folding, his idea of folding is not mine .. or probably anyone else's.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-88096088631829071892010-03-09T13:09:36.851-05:002010-03-09T13:09:36.851-05:00I love your photos, esp the beautiful birds, I liv...I love your photos, esp the beautiful birds, I live in WA and the south east corner is desert like, so we don't get the beautiful birds you all have. I also adored your pic's of amish country. I've been there a few times, and it always amazes me their way of life, their homes, barns, etc. Thanks for always sharing such awesoem pictures!!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631596606622874506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-65897136277326705192010-03-09T12:27:36.262-05:002010-03-09T12:27:36.262-05:00Mornin Kate, My Granny taught me how to hang a pro...Mornin Kate, My Granny taught me how to hang a proper line. We sorted everything. Sheets in the basket first, then towels and so on down the line, all getting smaller til the line was full. She had 3 lines, and she always hung the "undies" on the middle line. How cute was that. I too can remember how the sheets felt and smelled. Yummmm. Thank you for another great, "start to the day" post. Ttea4too0https://www.blogger.com/profile/05251675779916407907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-25855128092557467712010-03-09T11:32:50.395-05:002010-03-09T11:32:50.395-05:00:0) I live in MD too, but grocery shop in PA. Th...:0) I live in MD too, but grocery shop in PA. That struck me as funny for some reason. I love to hang out the laundry but my line broke last summer and I have yet to replace it. I miss it.Driftwood and Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477043126617862702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-21548111341015154872010-03-09T11:27:50.110-05:002010-03-09T11:27:50.110-05:00Nothing better than a bed freshly made with sheets...Nothing better than a bed freshly made with sheets that have dried outdoors. Ahhhh.....abbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08879476262337290531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-50497557606679524002010-03-09T10:43:22.567-05:002010-03-09T10:43:22.567-05:00When I was a little girl, I loved the smell of fre...When I was a little girl, I loved the smell of fresh laundry from the line. I could smell the change of seasons in the laundry, and my favorite was spring.<br /><br />I also loved the squeaking sound of the clothesline as the clothing were being hung out to dry.<br /><br />If the world had kept two things -- streetcars and clothes lines -- we would be in much better shape now. Live and learn...Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-28062610298053174832010-03-09T10:06:05.150-05:002010-03-09T10:06:05.150-05:00I haven't hung laundry in forever. I did it al...I haven't hung laundry in forever. I did it all through the summers that K3 was very young and I wasn't working. Gosh we were poor! But our clothes smelled terrific!Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204195066864717389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-76282554733813665032010-03-09T08:50:40.229-05:002010-03-09T08:50:40.229-05:00There was one house we lived in that came with a l...There was one house we lived in that came with a laundry line. I remember how clean the clothes smelled when we brought them in. Delightful!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787912254932077059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-89425833015847659592010-03-09T08:30:26.854-05:002010-03-09T08:30:26.854-05:00Somewhere I have a photograph (taken by a professi...Somewhere I have a photograph (taken by a professional) of an Amish woman hanging clothes on a line on a bit of a windy day. Just can't figure out where to hang it. <br /><br />When I was in seminary my apartment had a washer but not a working dryer. Clothes went out on a pulley line from my second floor balcony. I prefer soft and supple to the stiffness of air-dried, but I got used to it, and occasionally miss that experience. What I don't miss is when the wind whipped the clothes around the two lines and you had to "unwhip" them back before you could pull them in!altar egohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564052536173244610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-62153188062283539122010-03-09T08:02:34.010-05:002010-03-09T08:02:34.010-05:00My Mom at 91 still hangs towels on the clothes lin...My Mom at 91 still hangs towels on the clothes line....and sheets. I miss hanging clothes. Have been nagging FlyBoy for years for a clothes line....guess it is never going to happen.Nurse Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346292708968902104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-28793409494336156252010-03-09T07:35:51.856-05:002010-03-09T07:35:51.856-05:00i have always hung on a line ...in Texas ...summer...i have always hung on a line ...in Texas ...summer... 20 mins!!ELKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935251214683485912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-72118868318161352062010-03-08T23:45:24.011-05:002010-03-08T23:45:24.011-05:00I love amish country and actually we have our own ...I love amish country and actually we have our own little pockets around here where they live....<br /><br />and the clothes on the line....oh, the memories of my grandmother hanging the sheets out to dry and then coming inside and ironing them and the pillow cases when they were all dry....<br /><br />handkerchiefs, toobethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-19887934537362517062010-03-08T23:37:57.982-05:002010-03-08T23:37:57.982-05:00Clothes dryers really rack up the utility bill. I...Clothes dryers really rack up the utility bill. I only wash and dry when I have full loads. Gosh I love the smell of line dried clothes.<br /><br />Di<br />The Blue Ridge GalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-24482774593955522132010-03-08T23:21:49.514-05:002010-03-08T23:21:49.514-05:00Perspective. I've always line dried. Tho my dr...Perspective. I've always line dried. Tho my dryer does get used when it's rainy. When my son was young, he thought his clean clothes that had come out of the dryer were dirty..lol..he was used to the starchy/snappy line dried ones.<br /> Yup, those line dried towels get the job done! <br />Nice blog Kate, I miss our trips to the Mid-West and the Amish buggies.becky up the hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285976186390362549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-71942348950995114232010-03-08T23:21:21.258-05:002010-03-08T23:21:21.258-05:00I am so getting a clothesline. And a George.I am so getting a clothesline. And a George.Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-56721349656879054952010-03-08T22:18:28.982-05:002010-03-08T22:18:28.982-05:00I don't mean to sound like a science geek, but...I don't mean to sound like a science geek, but there's a name for the process of wet laundry drying when it's below 32 degrees. <br /><br />In the science world it's called sublimation....I learned that from my hubby. It really does work. <br /><br />I'm so glad to see someone else hangs their clothes out in COLD weather.tainterturtleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10307790480251741661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-87251190463087795092010-03-08T21:54:22.293-05:002010-03-08T21:54:22.293-05:00I love the smell of laundry that has dried outside...I love the smell of laundry that has dried outside. I live in a small country town in Australia & we have the opposite problem, towels don't go stiff from the cold, they go stiff(or crunchey as my 9 yr old says!)from the heat!<br /><br />Today however I have washing hanging over racks inside,we have had rain, lots & lots of rain. Enough to fill our almost empty tanks! In fact more rain in 3 days than we have had in 2 years! Outside is smelling lovely & fresh! You can't beat that rain "smell"!!Leesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837184120367979623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-43612511476038317902010-03-08T21:48:05.260-05:002010-03-08T21:48:05.260-05:00I hung mine on a rack in the house. I had to shove...I hung mine on a rack in the house. I had to shovel the back deck off to be able to put them outside.... Next week my friend. :D George makes me smile!Ann On and On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06615400031267355211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-30098117024837977012010-03-08T21:29:09.804-05:002010-03-08T21:29:09.804-05:00My parents are the same way, year-round they'r...My parents are the same way, year-round they're hangin' out the clothes. I love line-drying in warmer months but can't quite muster up the energy to drag wet clothes out to the line in freezing weather. Maybe if I didn't wait and do fourteen loads at once, it wouldn't be so cumbersome.<br /><br />Very cute hand towel, but I'm not convinced it isn't George's. He probably has his own line of napkins and bed linens too.Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-13559076023241250862010-03-08T21:20:34.945-05:002010-03-08T21:20:34.945-05:00you flew me right to my grandmother's
clothesl...you flew me right to my grandmother's<br />clothesline.<br /><br />ah..the smell of sun dried clothes.<br /><br />'bounce' can't compare!myletterstoemilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555607498974287844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296284051502496327.post-87668215157010500172010-03-08T21:15:31.901-05:002010-03-08T21:15:31.901-05:00Up until a couple of years ago, we had a no clothe...Up until a couple of years ago, we had a no clothes line law too. That's changed with the need to go green.. thank goodness. I can smell your wonderful laundry from here. :)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.com