Hi Shanna! I love to see washing blowing in the wind! The smell of it too as the scent of the fabric softener blows across your face and mixed with fresh air (unless you live in a smog bound city!) One apartment we lived in though, there was nowhere to hang washing, it was in a victorian house split into two flats and we had the upstairs, no terrace or balcony so had to use a tumble dryer. But at least it was dry very quickly! Yes, I think we have it too easy nowadays with all the appliances & gadgets you can buy for doing virtually anything you need! How some would cope if everything had to be done by hand, I don't think they would be able to! Most people today don't know what they'd do without their phones, well years ago, none of us had one, they didn't exist! Computers, TVs, you name it! Anyway, it's true about local authorities being strict about washing hanging outside, everyone used to do it and nobody cared about seeing other people's underwear etc! I think the world's gone mad or am I just being a grumpy old misery?! I don't think I'd like to be a young person today! Wow! I am getting grumpy in my old age! Great read again Shanna, I look forward to your next one! Hugs xx
Personally I love hanging my laundry out to dry. It just makes things so much fresher when the air hits them. I remember growing up when I was little we used to hang things in the backyard you know we had those metal poles with the clothesline between them and then we had these wooden steak things that propped up the clothesline which.
I think the clothes lines in Portugal are very cool. I think like you said it’s a picture that is painted of the people who own those clothes. And Wood things hanging in the wind it almost adds to the art of the area if you know what I mean.
Currently where I live they don’t want any clothes lines hanging out not even on your carport they don’t want you to hang out cloths. It is a rule of the HOA. I have never been one for following the rules especially if it’s not hurting anyone. I have one of those folding rack things that’s about 4 feet tall that I use to hang my lingerie on and some of my tank tops. I currently have an SUV parked in the carport so the rack can sit quietly in front of the car so no one can see it from the street which for me is pretty convenient. Lol. I just think if you wash in cold water and hang things up on a clothesline you get to keep them a lot longer dryers are kind of hard on cloths and they wear things out faster if that makes any sense..
I’m glad you fixed the glitch and I was able to share my thought. Thank you so much for sharing your visuals with us all and you have a fantastic week stay warm. Currently it’s in the mid 30s here and southern Florida. They are expecting a freeze tonight down to about 30°F. I had to cover all my flowers out in my flowerbeds today and I expect tomorrow morning I will actually have to put on socks to take the dog out for his walk. Lol. Oh And he of course will have on his sweater. Lol
'We are busy saving money and drying our clothes' - oh, and not to mention saving the planet, too. I've never understood the culture of burning electricity instead of just hanging clothes out. It's like the Victorian gardeners had to grow vegetables away from the Ladies of the House in case they were offended by the vegetable's ugliness... Great post, Twin :)
This brought back so many memories of my laundry experiences in Sierra Leone. While literally everyone hand washes and air dries their clothes out of sheer necessity (the pesky no running water and no electricity status), me doing my laundry outdoors was often the center of attention. From elder women walking by to casually tell me I was washing my clothes wrong (mostly because of my aversion to scrubbing the heck out of my clothes on a washing board), to careful inspection from the same women of everything I hung to dry, to often having groups of children come over to watch me wash my clothes on my porch, nearly every laundry day was an event.
Clothes were hung on makeshift branches where insects, notably mango flies, would also try to inspect and even get into one's clothes. I took regular precautions to ensure that no little critter was embedding itself into any still-damp clothes, and made sure to only do my laundry on days where the sun seemed it would be out most of the day so that the final dried product was as stiff as the fabric could be. The whole experience was a practice in patience, determination, and vigilance.
It is the same here in Porto. We hang our laundry out on racks on our little balcony or inside where the sun is shining.
In Denver we lived in community that had some serious HOA Nazis. Our neighbor was cited for hanging her laundry out in her yard. Seemed ridiculous to me. I was glad when we sold that place.
I have noticed that having flashy cars is very much a thing in Porto. Our real estate agent said that people will buy expensive cars when they can not really afford it. Reminds me of L.A., where I am originally from. Do not miss it! :)
I had much the same “laundered” childhood as you, Shanna. So imagine my excitement when I was an expat living in the World Heritage Foundation city of Suzhou, China (“the Venice of China” the Chinese call it cuz the city is laced with canals) for more than 10 years (returned to the States about 6 years ago).
Imagine my delight when nearly everyone in the 1000-year old city and the outlying high rise flats hangs their laundry out on their patios and out their windows!
The old neighborhoods of Shanghai, a half hour by bullet train to the west of Suzhou, saw even more colorful bloomers wafting in the gentle breezes in the spring, and standing rigid in the winter.
I loved walking the narrow and crowded alleys of both cities to take in the colorful displays of laundry exploding out windows and suspended by bamboo poles.
City ordinances here north of Seattle prohibit hanging your laundry outdoors. I hate being “civilized”!
One thing I love about the Portuguese is how some people will hang their laundry out even if it's raining, or going to rain, and just wait until a dry day happens and the laundry finally dries. It's a testament to the absence of the culture of instant here.
We have lived here in Lisbon with a dryer in our apartment (the first two only had a washer) for almost two years and we have used it less than ten times. It's amazing how easy it is to live without one. We have a veranda and a plastic rack and it's fine.
Hi Shanna! I love to see washing blowing in the wind! The smell of it too as the scent of the fabric softener blows across your face and mixed with fresh air (unless you live in a smog bound city!) One apartment we lived in though, there was nowhere to hang washing, it was in a victorian house split into two flats and we had the upstairs, no terrace or balcony so had to use a tumble dryer. But at least it was dry very quickly! Yes, I think we have it too easy nowadays with all the appliances & gadgets you can buy for doing virtually anything you need! How some would cope if everything had to be done by hand, I don't think they would be able to! Most people today don't know what they'd do without their phones, well years ago, none of us had one, they didn't exist! Computers, TVs, you name it! Anyway, it's true about local authorities being strict about washing hanging outside, everyone used to do it and nobody cared about seeing other people's underwear etc! I think the world's gone mad or am I just being a grumpy old misery?! I don't think I'd like to be a young person today! Wow! I am getting grumpy in my old age! Great read again Shanna, I look forward to your next one! Hugs xx
Personally I love hanging my laundry out to dry. It just makes things so much fresher when the air hits them. I remember growing up when I was little we used to hang things in the backyard you know we had those metal poles with the clothesline between them and then we had these wooden steak things that propped up the clothesline which.
I think the clothes lines in Portugal are very cool. I think like you said it’s a picture that is painted of the people who own those clothes. And Wood things hanging in the wind it almost adds to the art of the area if you know what I mean.
Currently where I live they don’t want any clothes lines hanging out not even on your carport they don’t want you to hang out cloths. It is a rule of the HOA. I have never been one for following the rules especially if it’s not hurting anyone. I have one of those folding rack things that’s about 4 feet tall that I use to hang my lingerie on and some of my tank tops. I currently have an SUV parked in the carport so the rack can sit quietly in front of the car so no one can see it from the street which for me is pretty convenient. Lol. I just think if you wash in cold water and hang things up on a clothesline you get to keep them a lot longer dryers are kind of hard on cloths and they wear things out faster if that makes any sense..
I’m glad you fixed the glitch and I was able to share my thought. Thank you so much for sharing your visuals with us all and you have a fantastic week stay warm. Currently it’s in the mid 30s here and southern Florida. They are expecting a freeze tonight down to about 30°F. I had to cover all my flowers out in my flowerbeds today and I expect tomorrow morning I will actually have to put on socks to take the dog out for his walk. Lol. Oh And he of course will have on his sweater. Lol
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Take care of you.
'We are busy saving money and drying our clothes' - oh, and not to mention saving the planet, too. I've never understood the culture of burning electricity instead of just hanging clothes out. It's like the Victorian gardeners had to grow vegetables away from the Ladies of the House in case they were offended by the vegetable's ugliness... Great post, Twin :)
This brought back so many memories of my laundry experiences in Sierra Leone. While literally everyone hand washes and air dries their clothes out of sheer necessity (the pesky no running water and no electricity status), me doing my laundry outdoors was often the center of attention. From elder women walking by to casually tell me I was washing my clothes wrong (mostly because of my aversion to scrubbing the heck out of my clothes on a washing board), to careful inspection from the same women of everything I hung to dry, to often having groups of children come over to watch me wash my clothes on my porch, nearly every laundry day was an event.
Clothes were hung on makeshift branches where insects, notably mango flies, would also try to inspect and even get into one's clothes. I took regular precautions to ensure that no little critter was embedding itself into any still-damp clothes, and made sure to only do my laundry on days where the sun seemed it would be out most of the day so that the final dried product was as stiff as the fabric could be. The whole experience was a practice in patience, determination, and vigilance.
It is the same here in Porto. We hang our laundry out on racks on our little balcony or inside where the sun is shining.
In Denver we lived in community that had some serious HOA Nazis. Our neighbor was cited for hanging her laundry out in her yard. Seemed ridiculous to me. I was glad when we sold that place.
I have noticed that having flashy cars is very much a thing in Porto. Our real estate agent said that people will buy expensive cars when they can not really afford it. Reminds me of L.A., where I am originally from. Do not miss it! :)
I had much the same “laundered” childhood as you, Shanna. So imagine my excitement when I was an expat living in the World Heritage Foundation city of Suzhou, China (“the Venice of China” the Chinese call it cuz the city is laced with canals) for more than 10 years (returned to the States about 6 years ago).
Imagine my delight when nearly everyone in the 1000-year old city and the outlying high rise flats hangs their laundry out on their patios and out their windows!
The old neighborhoods of Shanghai, a half hour by bullet train to the west of Suzhou, saw even more colorful bloomers wafting in the gentle breezes in the spring, and standing rigid in the winter.
I loved walking the narrow and crowded alleys of both cities to take in the colorful displays of laundry exploding out windows and suspended by bamboo poles.
City ordinances here north of Seattle prohibit hanging your laundry outdoors. I hate being “civilized”!
One thing I love about the Portuguese is how some people will hang their laundry out even if it's raining, or going to rain, and just wait until a dry day happens and the laundry finally dries. It's a testament to the absence of the culture of instant here.
We have lived here in Lisbon with a dryer in our apartment (the first two only had a washer) for almost two years and we have used it less than ten times. It's amazing how easy it is to live without one. We have a veranda and a plastic rack and it's fine.