Monday, April 27, 2009

When you hang clothes on the line in Indiana...



It tends to be windy in Indiana. People who live here don't really think so but if you lived in the valley of a mountain, the constant wind takes some getting used to. When we first moved to Indiana my husband would go out the front door every day and tell me, "Man, it's windy today." Eventually we learned it's just windy. Period.

It does tend to make it nice when the summer sun is beating down on you and a cooling breeze rolls by.

It is VERY nice when you decide to hang the clothes on the line on a sunny Monday. The clothesline is actually faster than the dryer on days like this. Storms are expected this afternoon so I'll have to keep an eye on things. However, with this wind, I expect things will be dry in five minutes or so!

On a related topic, can the scent of Tide and Snuggle Cashmere Vanilla mixed with sunshine and a breeze on your favorite clothes make a person happy? I totally think so. I wish I could bottle that smell. I expect fabric softener makers have been trying for years. The best smelling clothes I ever had happened one year when we were at the beach. The house we rented had a clothesline under the deck and on the last day I washed everything, used a little Downy and hung in the sea breeze. The faint smell of suntan lotion, sea breeze and Downy is what I think Heaven will smell like.

Time to hang another load!

1 comment:

Evil Twin's Wife said...

We got wind like that when we lived in Kansas (and some tornadoes too). Sure, we could have summer temps of 115 degrees, but the breezes were nice. :-)