It's a lost art

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I grew up with a mom that had clothes lines.... I mean REAL clothes line poles, the ones that are cemented in the ground and able to withstand 5 lines full of clothes in any wind storm.

(*Indestructable aint going no where clothes line poles.)

I grew up helping hang out clothes twice a week (Mondays & Thursdays) so therefore when I got married I asked Rick If he could get me some clothes line poles. That's not as easy as it sounds... These poles are not something you can pickup at Menards or Home Depot. These poles are made of 1/4 inch iron and very heavy duty. Rick says my Dad found the poles for us at an auction. After getting them home they were painted and cemented in the ground.

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I Love hanging my clothes out, I do it from April till October at least twice a week. I love the smell of the clothes after they come off the line. I like that I can hang them all out in the morning and take them all off late in the afternoon.

I have a technique to hanging my clothes, I learned it from my mom....

Pants and shorts go on one line,

shirts on another....

I double-pin my shirts to save the number of pins I have to use and to save space (plus it's very neat and tidy looking.

Underwear goes on the line between the shirt and pants (cuz I dont want people looking at my undies...hee hee)

The other 2 lines are for overflow and they are usually full too.

I dont hang out "whites or towels" The whites would take me all day ( between the 2 guys I would be hanging out 500 pairs of socks) and I want my towels to be soft. I think they are too stiff if hung out to dry.

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Then there's the clothes pins.
I really prefer the wooden peg tops pins, they are more durable and will hold jeans and heavier clothes especially with the strong winds we get in Rochester. I do have a few pincher pins, I use them for the underwear and I do like them for the tee-shirts.
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Well, my clothes are all clean, folded and put away... all in a days work.
OOPS, I forgot the towel are still in the dryer, oh well.. there's always tomorrow.