Earth Day: Was that yesterday? Or recently? It was hardly on my radar screen, except for some mention on someone else's blog. In my world, it's holy week.
Here's a shot of my current back porch icon collection.
But by happy circumstance, my dryer broke down yesterday, so for my ghetto Earth day celebration I procured some clothesline and clothespins. The repair man can't get here for another week. A good way to use some of that free solar energy. I think I shall keep this up as long as the weather permits, which ought to be most of the time for the next several months.
And what's really sad is, I wonder whether the neighbors will be upset, having to look at our laundry hanging on the line. Oh, for simpler times!
In my neighborhood, walking and hanging out your laundry is sort of a poverty thing. Funny how it's good for the environment, too.
Here's a shot of my current back porch icon collection. But by happy circumstance, my dryer broke down yesterday, so for my ghetto Earth day celebration I procured some clothesline and clothespins. The repair man can't get here for another week. A good way to use some of that free solar energy. I think I shall keep this up as long as the weather permits, which ought to be most of the time for the next several months.
And what's really sad is, I wonder whether the neighbors will be upset, having to look at our laundry hanging on the line. Oh, for simpler times!
In my neighborhood, walking and hanging out your laundry is sort of a poverty thing. Funny how it's good for the environment, too.
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at my parents home we always hang our clothes outside ... they smell so good that way!
lovely icons, btw. i love my little icon corner and did not realize how used to being surrounded by icons until i went home for Christmas to my parent's house that has no icons... it was like almost all of the visual respresentation of the Kingdom of God were absent - i felt like i was going through a reverse culture shock...
blessed rest of Holy Week!
I got tired of hanging my laundry all arond my house.
And here, in Portland, going green is way cool so I'm "hip" with my outside clothesline, my front yard garden patch, and bringing my own bags to the grocery store!
Funny side note story... a friend of mine who lives here, her parents live in Louisiana and they brought their own bags to the grocery store. The checkout clerk looked at them and asked, "what am i supposed to do with these?" They replied,"put our groceries in there." I asked her if they asked for the $.05 discount for bringing their own bags (most stores here do that). She just laughed!
And if it's hard on the clothes, so much the better, as clothes are treated by most as a seasonally disposable commodity, judging by the abundant and cheap and very good resources at the local thrift stores. Name brand stuff. Boggles the mind.
okay h and s, where do yo life?! Not to contradict, but I live about 5 hours further north than Alana and there is a big Amish community here. They all hand their clothes out to dry ALL YEAR 'ROUND! And my step mother did the same thing when she was young (not too long after the Great Depression) Hmmmmm. Food for thought.
Also, When dh was in bible school I hung ALL out to dry for 4 YEARS! It was so much work!
Jillian
I live in Australia. Everyone hangs clothes outside here (lovely weather most of the year, I suppose - plus a terrible drought, so everyone is always surprised when it occasionally rains) and everyone has clothes racks for drying clothes inside when it rains. Some people have tumble dryers which are usually used (a) when it's raining and (b) in emergencies.
Having said that, I suppose the growing numbers of people living in high-rise apartments (a rarity until this decade) will be using dryers. I don't know anyone who lives without a clothesline.
Alana, I love your outdoor icons! And the candles that don't blow out in the wind! Plus very nice pink headscarf.
Soooo nice to talk to you today...missing you all. Theodora