When we first moved to our house in Tri City, Roland set up a clothesline between two trees. Initially, he tried the pulley thing so that I could hang the clothes from one position. It didn't work to our expectations and I spent that first summer walking up and down the line hanging and removing laundry.
I like having the sun dry the clothes and I especially like how it can brighten the whites. A light breeze will make it dry faster, but a strong wind will make the fabric stiff. The towels feel like sandpaper either way, so generally, I just toss those in the dryer and add will add clothes that have been on the line but don't seem wearable. Also, I don't enjoy ironing and would rather have the dryer remove the wrinkles for me.
Roland did put in a new line so I don't even have to leave the porch. Might appear tacky, but it really is nice to hang clothes that way. And the lines are quite long and I have not filled them both. That's quite wonderful also.
I believed the temperature was starting to cool off as we were told high today would be 78 and low at 54. But then it started going over 80 again, almost 90. What??? Don't like that. Especially when it appears to be overcast and doesn't rain at all. Yesterday I realized that it wasn't even clouds that gave the gray appearance to the sky, but rather smoke from surrounding fires - though not as bad as California - or the fires that existed last year. Not powerful enough to my nose that I can smell it. Still - enough smoke to give me a headache.
I don't guess I'll be hanging my clothes up for a while. I mean, what's the point of washing them if I'm just going to dry them in the smoky air. Gosh, darn fires. I'm so grateful to all the firefighters. May God bless and protect each one of them and their families.
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