While I was making sun tea in the front yard yesterday, I was drying in the back yard. Drying my laundry, that is. The days without rain are so hit and miss around here. So when it looks like it’s going to be dry for awhile I wash up a load and get ‘er drying! … Read more »
Posts Tagged: Clothesline
It’s Clothesline Season Again: Beware the Bird!
After six long months of damp, rainy, cold weather, Spring seems to finally have begun to sprung here in Seattle. Of course, to me as a laundry air-drier, this opens up the possibility to finally give the indoor drying racks a rest and take it outside. Time to put Mother Nature to work! Monday was… Read more »
Easy Homemade Laundry Detergent Using ZOTE Soap
I’ve been dabbling in making my own laundry detergent for about a year now, but I think I’ve finally hit on the right ‘recipe’ for me. I’ve previously made both the powdered and liquid version using Fels Naptha soap, and was generally pleased with the results. Truth be told, the liquid version was really quite… Read more »
Vintage Laundry and Tide – No Rinsing Needed?
This is a fab vintage Tide ad from Ladies’ Home Journal, January 1951. I love how it portrays neighboring housewives comparing laundry over a white picket fence. Of course they are drying their laundry on clotheslines, as most households at that time didn’t have automatic dryers. Hearing tales from my mother and grandmother, it was… Read more »
Spider Webs and Clotheslines: Autumn is Here
We have had an amazingly long and beautiful summer here in Seattle – oh wait – it’s autumn already! I rather feel like I’m living in an alternate universe; this uncharacteristic dry and warm weather feels like we’ve been transported to California. I can’t remember the last time it rained, but I can definitely say… Read more »
Water Pipe Leak, Bad Electricity, Indian Summer, and Clotheslines
It’s been a wild week around my home! I experienced a underground water pipe leak in my front yard, which explained why my grass, trees, and hedges have stayed so green over the summer. Apparently it had been leaking for quite some time, and last week it reached critical mass. I arrived home one day… Read more »
I'm Marilyn, and I'm obsessed with vintage clothing, thrift stores, clotheslines, and Chanel. Welcome to my down-to-earth world!