Sunday, July 27, 2014

Laundry - Old School Style

When we first moved to the ranch, we had to set up many things, one of which was the washer and dryer. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but due to space limitations inside the house, it was difficult to add the typical mod cons. So for a while, this was our dryer.

Those were the dark days. It would take me sooo long to dry laundry. Imagine picking a single item and then pinning it to the clothesline. It would take me about as long to pin a sock to the clothesline as it would take to throw the whole laundry load into the dryer! *shivers* And to add insult to injury, our clothes and towels would be stiff and rough to the touch.

Since those tough times, we've installed an electric dryer. But there's still one thing that we like to dry in the sun... bed sheets! Sun-dried bed linens have a naturally fresh scent to them, and they're so nice and crisp.  They're definitely worth the extra work!


3 comments:

  1. I love line dried sheets. They smell so good. That brings back the time when I was young helping my mom hang the sheets out on the line.

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  2. Aw, I love the image of you helping your mom hang the sheets! I wish I could have seen that as well as the other interactions you had with your mom. You were so helpful and hard-working. I hope to impart those same traits onto Ava.

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  3. Nice photo! So idyllic of farm life!

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