I (HEART) Clotheslines!

Especially when they used to be my sweet Gramma's!

(I was raised by my grandparents on a little farm on

Washington's beautiful Olympic Peninsula.)

I love just about anything that has to do with clotheslines....

making my own laundry detergent...


making clothespin bags
for gifts,
giveaways,
to sell in my store,
and even for holding my clothespins!


When I can't use my clothesline outdoors,

I put the indoor clothes dryer my sweet

Gentleman Farmer made as a

Christmas gift a couple of years ago

into service indoors.
(This photo was just to show what it looked
like when made. It has been installed over the bath tub
where the tub handily catches any drips from wet laundry.)

Nothing is more restful than
sun dried sheets fresh from the line!

Though they are very old and in need of a coat

of white paint, my clothesline not only brings

me happiness from cherished memories,

wonderful, fresh smelling,

sun disinfected laundry

and lower electric bills...

they bring joy and shelter to other creatures as well.

Here is a photo of a happy dweller in one of the poles!

They don't bother me if I don't go poking into

their nest, so I let them 'bee'! ;~P

This little Violet-Green Swallow (or her ancestors)
has made a nest in the hollow pipe

for more years than I can remember.

She and her mate faithfully raise a brood or two

every Spring and Summer and have never

done any 'damage' to my drying laundry.

They do help to keep the insect population down

so they are welcome companions while I am

out of doors, entertaining me with their

joyful warbling...

happily sharing the pleasure of

using Grandma's Clothesline!

~*~

"Let thy garments be always white."

Ecclesiastes 9:8a

~*~

For some fun poems and quotes about

clotheslines, stroll back through memory lane

to one of my earlier posts. Click Here.

More post about 'Clotheslines'

are being shared over at

Amy's Homestead Revival.

Also joining Susan for

Outdoor Wednesday!