Every day can be laundry day when you have a washer. However, every day is not a great day for hanging the clothes and other sundry items on the clothesline outside. In the winter, I would wash the clothes, hand them on two clotheshorses outside then bring them in for the night, take them back outside in the morning. This took a couple of days of shunting things from place to place, the kitchen being the evening resting place for the horses.
In the weather of yesterday – blustery and warm – clothing would have been dry in a couple of hours. Today, of course, it’s cool and overcast, suddenly turning to blue skies with lovely white clouds. Our weather usually comes from the west, so really I should be looking west instead of east and south as I am at the moment. So, I’m off to collect the laundry from various places in the house….towels and kicked off undies from the bathroom, some extraneous clothing from the bedroom chair, a couple of jackets and some unspeakables left in the kitchen from when I was too lazy to take them anywhere else. There is a set of sheets hidden somewhere in the house awaiting their turn – oh and the bedspread. Time for another turn.
Drawback of having one machine in the garage? One load at a time. It’s almost worth the effort with today’s laundry, to go to the laundromat. Do all the wash at one time….. half hour at most. Do all the drying in electric monster dryers all at once………. half hour at most. Fold….. another 20 minutes. Done. Go home and put the stuff away. Less ironing to do with the electric dryer, towels are not scratchy and don’t have the lovely outdoorsy smell. Don’t use those icky smelly things people put in the dryers — think the neighbor has changed brands. I get the smell of “Bounce” or whatever that stuff’s called some days when I’m in the clay studio. Gag me.
Why is there no dryer here? Little did I know when I let the moving men take away the old washer and dryer from here (a little gift), that there was a gas dryer hookup and NO 220 OUTLET!!!!
Horrors. I had a fairly new dryer. Worked perfectly. Now nowhere to plug it in. Landlady willing, but electricians said it would be dicey on the existing electrical boxes to the house. Oh well. Now that spring has sprung, I have installed a rotary umbrella clothesline that suits me fine. Had to buy clothespins! I do love the clothesline. Learned to love it in England, love it here, too.
So…. back to today. I’m putting off doing nearly everything! Did do some work in the fabric studio already today, but stopped to watch Andy Griffith Show – the one in Mayberry. It was, surprisingly, one I hadn’t seen. Very early on. One in which their southeastern Noth Calina accents were thick as a mule’s lip, as was their hog-tyin’, goofball actin’ characters. With the exception of Aunt Bee, all were very different than the characters into which they all developed. In the later shows, Andy still has a knowing drawl, but all the hokey-fied country bumpkin stuff had all but disappeared. I didn’t realize until recently that there was a freaking message in each show. I used to watch it every day before work in the old days. Calmed my weary soul. Now I can see why I got solace from that at-times comedic half hour (actually 20 minutes).
Errands will fill the morning – including getting the week’s flowers…. roses this week I think. At $10/dozen, even I can fit them into my meager budget. And by the way, just this morning I got my first delivery of fresh produce from Farm Fresh to You, a local organic farm that delivers to your door! TO YOUR DOOR, mind you!!!! Opened the front door, and there on the step was a box filled to the brim with amazingly wonderful veggies and fruits. From yellow watermelon to cilantro, broccoli to carrots and snap peas…… and so much more! I am so chuffed by this… wanted to do it for a long time. I had a whole fresh carrot in celebration. Lovely. http://www.farmfreshtoyou.com/index.php
Well, body’s dry from the shower, hair getting there. Time to do laundry. Still a bit of a breeze out there, but the sky is clear and ready to take my clothesline for a ride.
I’m ready for the world today….especially since I worked Monday and get to take today off in lieu. Huzzah!
Hope your day is good.
later………
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