Laundry on a New Zealand Line

This one comes from Catherine (www.poetrychook.blogspot.com) and she says
"I'm not sure if this style of clothes line is found other than in New Zealand and Australia. Most homes have them here, they rotate so you can stand in one spot and hang all the laundry out."

And yes Catherine, we do have those lines here. I think it's a British thing actually, but I've always thought that my Kiwi friends were more British than the Brits themselves. I love this style of line - it makes it so easy to get your clothes off and on. The only problem is the space - you need a yard for this, which of course makes sense seeing as you are in a land with heaps of space. (Can I come? London is feeling very cramped right now)

While we are on the subject of different styles of clothes lines, I would love to get a photo on here of laundry that's hanging between buildings. Like in Italy or Chicago or something. You know the kind - where the neighbours agree to hang a line between their flats because they have no space, but the air space between them is just enough to hang out some clothes.

Anyone out there have such a picture they want to post? It's a pretty good day to have laundry from New Zealand on here, so let's keep 'em coming!

Laundry on a New York Line

How exciting to have some real New York laundry! This one comes from Bobealia.

Laundry on a Lumiere Festival Line

Thanks go to Pearl for this one. I love lantern festivals and with the laundry ta' boot! Well done Pearl.

Laundry on an Ottawa Valley Line

So here it is. The original inspiration for this blog - the laundry line at my friend's farm in the Ottawa Valley. I spent most of my childhood on this farm. Now they have a pool and the goats and chickens are all long gone. But the laundry line is still there.



I couldn't help but show you this stuff! Bag balm is now being sold as a moisturizing cream for humans, but this is honestly the same stuff we used on the cows. I found this jar in my friend's bathroom, right next to her toothbrush.



I love the farm. How about you? Any more pictures of your laundry you care to post?

Laundry on a Finnish Line Part Two

This one comes from Bruce and I love it. Here's his story about his knickers on the line: "Here ya go Vickie, the other "Laundry on a Finnish Line" I promised you... I only had packed for a three day trip, thus being the fourth day and having had worn these clothes for a couple of days, they were ready to be washed. So the story goes that we (Tia, her brother Tomi and her dad) are alone in this place and I, without hesitation, stripped to my birthday suit and hand washed these in the lake, beating them against the large granite rock the formed the basin for the lake. It was quite refreshing spending so many hours in the buff, in broad daylight, not a care in the world, not many places in this world that you can do that without being eaten by bugs or bugged by people. This place felt soulful. Clothing didn't matter here, certainly not in a perverse sense, it was a truly spiritual place, naked before the world and the heavens above."

Thank you and thank Tia for me too - her socks rock. I love that you that you guys went from the States to Finland and remembered to take pictures of your laundry. My co-worker just got back from Australia and she apparently took pictures for me to post here. And don't forget to send me your laundry pic's from NZ as well. I just went to my home town in the Ottawa valley and took a picture of the original laundry line that inspired my love for watching laundry dry outside. There was this beautiful humming bird flying around it, but sadly it was too quick for my camera.