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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Freshly laundered clothes drying in the sun, blowing in the wind in the backyard of my memory. I loved the smell of fresh air and starch as I ran back and forth through the lines of clean clothes... until my mother caught me. Ida Werrett |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
What a thought to hold through my day. Thank you. xoxoox A |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I remember playing in the shade of drying sheets... can smell them now! *S* Thanks for the rush of memories! *S* |
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AncientHippie Member
since 2009-10-15
Posts 411Surfing the Cosmic Flow |
Ida, this piece has taken me back further than I would care to think. Thank you for the magical memory tour. Namaste Jim "We are stardust: we are golden: and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." --Joni Mitchell "Woodstock" |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
What a lovely memory you share here with us, dear Ida. I spent quite a while in this scenery which transported me too into the past. Even heard the flapping of the sheets ... Beautiful! Love, Margherita  |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Magical memories, that you have made a gift that I wish to play with for many more times. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Ida, I still hang most of my laundry out to dry in the breeze, even in the winter, as long as it isn't snowing. I enjoy just the comfort of taking the time to do it (besides the saving of energy costs). M |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
love this memory |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
you have your talent Ida, and your own grace for writing, thanks for this jewel. yann |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Dear Ida, what a wonderful thing is a good memory. to a lot of people that is all they have left when they grow old. I'll bet you have started a lot of people going down the memory trail with your delightful poem. I loved it Ida and you too, take care. Lindsay |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Ida, This is very fine writing. It brings back memories for me. My grandmother used to hang the clothes in the back yard as my mother worked during the day. Love Bobby |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Gosh, my dear Ida Belle, you've done it again! ~ Brought back pleasant memories for me! I used to run through the sheets and clothes hanging on the line. Sometimes I inadvertently pulled an item down. My grandmother and my Mom would scold me ~ but it was worth it! I miss that fresh, outdoor scent when I put my clothes on or slipped under the sheets at night. You just can't buy that scent in a bottle, so to speak! ~ No matter how hard they try! Now there a by-laws forbidding clotheslines.  Loveya! Linda  |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
I absolutely love the smell of fresh linen! ~ Oh dear, I can just hold a clean sheet upon my face forever. I lovely little memory to hold in your head and here in Pip to last.  ARCTIC WIND |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...reminded me off a clothesline experience in Montana when I was a boy...James |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Ida, I love your poem. Who couldn't??? I found Maureen's reply confusing, and it took me a moment or two to work out what she was saying. When I did, I was amazed to realise that the norm (in the whole of America?) is that people dry their clothes in a tumble-drier. Here (in South Africa), people only use tumble-driers when it is raining or night time etc. However, when I got to Linda's response and found out that there are laws against clotheslines, I was amazed/stunned/surprised/shocked and I am still trying to close my mouth and get my eyes to revert from being 200% open and my brain to digest the information. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. A law against clotheslines! No wonder we have global warming. I am no less surprised than I would be if there was a law against breathing or wearing clothes. Owl |
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Poetal Member
since 2009-11-09
Posts 74Texas, United States |
I can relate to this as well as we too had a close line as a child. Mama felt the air added freshness to the close. AL Inmon |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Thank you all for commenting on one of my fondest little memories. Ida |
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