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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 11 2014 : 6:06:01 PM
Finally! I can dry towels and sheets outside in the 100 degree temps we have every summer and save electricity!!
We had an above ground pool for 20 years and gave it away last year and kept the deck to put the telescope on and it is just a nice view of the woods from there. So we used the existing deck post and concreted another one.
Got a load of towels going to hang out tomorrow !it will be 80 and sunny here!! Waaaaaaaaaaa-hoo!!!
Connie
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| Madinet85 |
Posted - Dec 04 2014 : 10:17:46 AM
I'm late to the party, but your clothesline is so adorable! I got lucky, and a friend of the family who is a welder, made me a set of clotheslines as a gift when we bought our house. I use them all the time and it makes me so happy to save that money and electricity!
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| Stephmac |
Posted - Aug 29 2014 : 06:25:37 AM
I love my clothes line. Love the fresh smell of the sheets. I am still using clothespins that were my grandmothers. They are the "peg" type. Hanging clothes on the line takes my stress away.
Stephanie |
| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Aug 29 2014 : 05:49:03 AM
Daizy, I use the clip on type but you are so right, they are cheaply made. MaryJane posted this site below on her raisinjane blog once about a craftsman who makes them.
http://classicamericanclothespins.blogspot.com
I am going to invest in some this fall as soon as they become available. If you find any other source of quality clothespins, please post the information here so we all can learn.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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| Daizy |
Posted - Aug 29 2014 : 05:04:00 AM
Hay ya'll,
I had a whole paragraph written and went POOF!!!
What kind of clothes pens do ya'll use. Mine seem to fall apart really fast.
Hugs and prayers, Daizy
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A good day is when you find ALL your ear tags! I wonder how my cows would like my Farmgirl apron??
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| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Aug 28 2014 : 06:16:17 AM
We have so much rain and humidity right now that drying clothes on the line is too iffy. You can have sun one hour and a downpour the next. Inevitably, just when you leave the house with clothes on the line, a storm cell appears and pours for 20 minutes! Drier air should return sometime in October and when it does, I am looking forward to using my clothesline and NEW clothespin apron I made!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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| Killarney |
Posted - Aug 27 2014 : 7:26:02 PM
My clothesline has saved so much money on the electric bill! This time last year our Light Gas and Water Bill was $560.00! This year $230.00! and it is mostly from not running that clothes Dryer!!
Connie Imagine....#3392
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| craftystranger |
Posted - Apr 21 2014 : 2:35:28 PM
I love your clothes line and bag.....so cute!! I have also just placed a line in my back yard. Love the way the sheets smell after sometime in the sun:) I am looking for a metal pulley system. I remember seeing them when I was going up in Lancaster county.
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 17 2014 : 10:32:44 AM
Peggy! LOL! Yep, in the hot summer we would go grab what we needed and leave the rest to get rained on if it wasn't a major storm! I got lavender Downy Softner for my washer-fabric softner dispenser, Never used it before! LOL! Wasn't sure if I had one!
I have to enjoy it while it is cool, when it gets super hot, My hubby will hang them out. I have to stay outta the heat with my MS, same as fibro- my! although, I have thought of hanging them out by the light of the moon, in the summer when it is 75 for the low at night!, like when I water my patio plants! LOL!!
I hung out towels today and when you walk by, you can smell that lavender Downey!
My neighbor keeps her 3 tiered wooden rack in her spa tub all the time. She had 2 hip replacements, so no one uses the tub any more.
Hugs! Connie
Imagine....#3392 |
| Daizy |
Posted - Apr 17 2014 : 04:31:33 AM
Mz PeggyAnn,
When I was in college I put the foldout dryer in the bath tub and dryed my clothes on it. Where there is a will there is a way!!!
Hugs and prayers, Daizy
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Poor House Farmgirl Chapter {A virtual chapter open to everyone.}
A good day is when you find ALL your ear tags! I wonder how my cows would like my Farmgirl apron??
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| LadyInRed |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 5:56:55 PM
Connie...Your Red Pendants look like you are Celebrating your New clothes Line!!! LOL I love that!
That clothespin bag is the coolest I have ever seen. We can't do clothes lines in our Apartment inside
or out. We could do a clothes rack inside but our space is too small. I am happy for you girlfriend
and I think I heard you singing this morning clear up her in Washington. LOL
Do you know what I use to like about hanging the clothes out on the line? If it rained and you didn't get
the clothes in...the rain acted like a fabric softener...the clothes would be so soft from the rain...and
talk about smelling even sweeter.
Love and Hugs,
Peggy
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| crafter |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 5:52:13 PM
Connie...you lucky duck!!
When we built our home almost 13 years ago with HFH that was the first thing we did was put in a clothesline and a mailbox! It hasn't really been nice enough for laundry on the line.. a few days, but we are still having snow. So, I wait and wait and wait.... I love your clothespin bag- so darn cute!! Just like you!!
Lori
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| Daizy |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 5:49:46 PM
LOL about the furnace and night gown.....reminded me of our basset hound dogs that would lay right there and hog all the heat and we would scoot them over so we could get to warm air. Pleasant memories...thanks! Last night it went to 30 so I grabbed out my flannel jammies and as I was putting them on I got a good whif of all that fresh air and sunshine from several days earlier when they were hung outside. It really does give everything a fresher smell without all the fragrance. I have two indoor dryers but its just not as fresh as outside.
Hugs and prayers, Daizy
Daizy #1093
Poor House Farmgirl Chapter {A virtual chapter open to everyone.}
A good day is when you find ALL your ear tags! I wonder how my cows would like my Farmgirl apron??
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 4:38:51 PM
Thanks Winnie! I am planning on hanging out clothes Friday and Saturday, it will be almost 80 and sunny each day!
Connie
Imagine....#3392 |
| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 4:18:19 PM
Connie, that clothespin bag is the cutest thing I have ever seen! I love the little vintage scene. Now you are set for lots of days of enjoying hanging out sheets and towels.
We took had temps last night in the lower 40s and windy and 69 today. Crazy weather around here! The weekend weather is supposed to be sunny and nice after more rain tomorrow and Friday.
Thanks for sharing!
Winnie #3109 |
| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 2:16:11 PM
Judy, I feel the same way!
LoL! Sharon about the nightgown!!
Now it is complete, My DH found me a early Birthday Present, a clothespin bag, just like we had when I was growing up!  look at the original price! DH paid 20 times that much, still not bad for today's junk store prices!
WE had frost the last 2 nights, back to 70 and Sunny tomorrow and 77 on Saturday! Time to wash the towels again!
Connie
Imagine....#3392 |
| Calicogirl |
Posted - Apr 16 2014 : 06:46:52 AM
Congratulations Connie!  I love the color of the posts. I am still patiently waiting for mine :)
I had to smile when you talked about the heat and your nightgown, I thought I was the only one ;)
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| Denise Ann |
Posted - Apr 15 2014 : 4:35:59 PM
Connie,
I am so jealous!! I live in a town house and miss my clothesline. I do have a really nice wooden drying rack I bought at a swap meet and use this year round. I am really jealous about the 80 degree temps in the 30s and possible snow tonight..... |
| country treasure |
Posted - Apr 15 2014 : 08:51:34 AM
I couldn't agree more with having a clothesline....It's funny but my clothesline time seems to be good for my soul! LOL Saving money, satisfaction of your work & that wonderful smell!!!!
What's not to like about a clothesline!
Way to go Connie, my friend!
Hugs Judy
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| naturemaiden |
Posted - Apr 15 2014 : 03:26:38 AM
I love the smell of clothes off the line! heavenly, especially sheets!
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| Killarney |
Posted - Apr 13 2014 : 12:18:01 PM
I so enjoyed reading all your comments! Margo , you must get your racks back!! I use those wooden racks inside too! That is all my granny ever used in Winter! We had floor furnances about 2 feet wide and 4 feet long, so rack would fit right over it. I also use to stand over it in the winter to dry my hair and let the heat go up my nightgown then run and jump in the bed to stay warm! LOL!!
I hung a load of jeans and pajamas out atfer the towels and they were bone dry in 2 hours!
Hugs! Connie
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| edlund33 |
Posted - Apr 13 2014 : 09:31:39 AM
Yay Connie! I love your red pennants they make the lines look so pretty. I really wish I could have an outdoor clothesline but our HOA would have multiple cows. Enjoy!
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
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| Penny Wise |
Posted - Apr 13 2014 : 06:36:00 AM
I loved my line in Michigan-miss it! don't have the luxury now in my apt but may do something inside...when I thought we were moving to Hawaii last fall my two wonderful wooden folding racks were among the first things to go at rummage sale prices so will have to replace them!!!!
connie I can picture you singing at the top of your lungs as you hung clothes!!! seems that it make the work more like play -'specially at age 8!!!!
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| BarnChickCecily |
Posted - Apr 12 2014 : 6:48:29 PM
I really miss having a clothesline! So happy for you, Connie!
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| Lavender Rose |
Posted - Apr 12 2014 : 6:27:04 PM
Soooo happy for you. Hanging clothes outside is the best. They smell so gooood! I have done it for over 40 years now. In the winter we have drying racks to use inside. It would be interesting to figure out how much money we have saved in electricity through the years.
Just think of the exerciser I've gotten all those years too. An extra plus is that clothes last a lot longer. I do have a dryer for those times when you just need one. I had a dryer that lasted 17 years and when we bought a new one the salesman couldn't believe it. He said they just aren't made to last that long. Hopefully, the one I bought a few years ago last even longer. It's used even less with the kids gone.
Brenda
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| Daizy |
Posted - Apr 12 2014 : 3:20:06 PM
Way to go, Mz Connie.
My dryer broke about 6 months ago and it was going to cost me 75.00 just to have someone come out and then add the cost of parts to fix it so I just "through in the towel" so to speak. No more dryer for me....I figure I will wait until the washer needs fixing and then get them both fixed for the 75.00 visit (plus parts of course). But, to tell you the truth, I have not even missed it except on snow days and rain days at which point I set up my wooden fold out dryer in the house and let them dry inside. They seem to take a bit longer but they still have that crisp feel and smell so fresh. Today I have hung out three loads. Its sunny and warm and we have a nice breeze. The worst part is remembering to get them in before the dew gets on them. Another plus is the reduction in my power bill. It dropped almost 90.00 the first month.
Enjoy and sing LOUDLY.... its good for the soul!!!
Hugs and prayers, Daizy
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A good day is when you find ALL your ear tags! I wonder how my cows would like my Farmgirl apron??
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