Posts Tagged: seasons

Clotheslines and Forget-Me-Nots

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Spring has been springing forth thoroughly for several months now in the Pacific Northwest, and more so in the last week. My backyard is going absolutely berserk with growth. The pretty little blue forget-me-nots seem to be all over the place about a month ahead of normal bloom time. They’ve positioned themselves right under my… Read more »

Autumn Angora

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Now that Autumn officially arrived last night, I definitely feel the change of season! Almost like clockwork, a shift to autumn-like things seems to happen automatically. My son is back safely ensconced in his university for his junior year. The moving-in to a huge in-city campus never seems to get any easier, but somehow I… Read more »

Vintage Perfume Season

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The change of seasons means a change of scents for me; I like to switch it up with the weather.  So as we head more deeply into fall, I am doing a bit of experimentation with my array of vintage perfumes that I seem to collect with amazing speed (I can’t help it, I’m utterly… Read more »

Clothesline Transitioning

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I find that one important factor of being a 100% air-drying laundress, is also being open to constant transition.  I was reminded of this today while hanging my laundry outside on the clothesline;  summer is on its way out.  I hang my clothes in the backyard, which usually gets full sun for most of the… Read more »

New Year’s Eve Soliloquy

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Here it is, once again, that annual event that we all go through together whether we like it or not: the turning of the clock into the new year.  I’ve always liked the feeling of ending the old, and starting anew with a fresh clean slate.  Even though we carry our bag of emotions, concerns… Read more »

The Autumn Clothesline Switcharoo

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When you’re a 100% year-round air dryer/clothesline user like myself,  one must pay much more attention to the ever-changing weather conditions.   Good thing that I’m a bit of a weather geek;  I actually like tracking the weather!  This comes in handy for determining the ideal conditions and placement of drying the laundry outside, or whether… Read more »