Inspiring washing

I have this thing about hanging out washing. I know it is so much more work than throwing it in the tumble dryer. I also learned this year that heat and humid do not ever combine to make dry. Aunty Bethie amusingly soaked through on the river rapids in Animal Kingdom spent the rest of the day damp! So July might be a great outside drying month in Scotland, but not so in Florida. Anyway I like the way the sun and the wind do the work without charging me.

If this was my washing line I would enjoy it all even more. The poles and ropes are positioned on the sheltered harbour just up the road from Anstruther, heading towards Kilrenny. I could hang up my laundry and contemplate life here. The view and the sea smell are big energisers for me. This picture was taken on a sunny October day of which we had many. Now November has hit I have to face the fact that I could hang out my washing all day and it might come in a little drier but it ain't coming in dry.

What to do? Radiators or the tumble dryer? And the decision is almost 100% tumble dryer. The excema and asthma seem to do better that way so I have hung out diligently for months knowing this season was coming. The electricity account is in credit and as soon as that sun starts to shine a little brighter...... well maybe, just maybe I can move sometime soon to somewhere with a washing line that will inspire me!

And last night when the little boy had what we call the barfy bug and we had mountains of grotesque sheets, pillows, pj's, quilts, blankets, towels to deal with? Well thank God for the tumble dryer, and we do often, thank him that is!