I have wanted a clothesline ever since I moved here. Sounds like a simple thing, right? But I ran out of extra money for projects and, to tell you the truth, I’ve never been overly handy at doing things with my hands (except for painting of course—I have no idea why the universe gave me that exception, except that probably I’m meant to paint—you think?). Anyway, a clothesline. Ah, to be able to hang my sheets out to dry in this lush mountain air! Even in the winter when there’s snow on the ground, when the sun is out, it’s warm enough to dry things outside.
Kim has the best clothesline hanging off his Airstream (see previous post A Very Mini Artist’s Colony) and he did me the favor of hanging my sheets out the other day. Talk about BLISS! To snuggle into those fresh sheets on that first night was sublime. So he got to thinking… why couldn’t I use the structure of the kitty enclosure to create a clothesline? Why not indeed!
So he made me a clothesline, just like that. And I have to say that every time I see laundry flapping in the breeze out there it makes me smile. So I wanted to share this small, delightful, simple pleasure with you all.
Here’s to life’s many simple beauties. May we recognize and celebrate them every single day.
Love to you all,
Jeane
I especially like the part where we go out to get the laundry and find it frozen. I can tell you from experience that no harm is done, you just take it inside and hang it near the wood stove.
Once the sun is out here, no matter how chilly it is, there will be no freezing. With 3 feet of snow on the ground I find myself removing layers as I walk. The sun at 8500 feet makes an enormous difference.
WONDERFUL:)!
thank you for improving my “wretched” day. Not nice to say but some days just go that way! I love laundry hanging. love the memory of doing it with my mom when I was a kid in Maryland at the cottage. love photography of hanging laundry I used to take at college in West Chester studying art and photography. and Now I love videos of laundry waving in the wind to music! 🙂 I really enjoyed that. Soothed my soul. Now I can improve my mood before my husband and grandbaby get back! 🙂
Oh, I’m so so happy that my rags hung out to dry could soothe your soul. Thanks for letting me know and may your day be better than you thought…
High Mountain Prayers flags, how lovely 🙂
Love that Janice. Amazing what can comprise prayer–anything in this beautiful world.
ohh I love this comparison.
Like all things that you and Kim create this too is ART:) I LOVE the joyful video of freely waving clothes…I can imagine their bliss at the freedom to move in the wind while not having to land in the dirt ROFL. ha ha ha. They must be sighing and saying oooooooo and ahhhhhh as the wind baffles them lightly lol. And the still of them hanging is lovely as well. What wonderful expressions of, as you say, the simple beauties in life:) I certainly celebrate these with you today more easily with such striking and soothing visuals.
XOXOX
Gracie
🙂 These are actually painting rags and cleaning rags, but I’m glad they delighted you as much as they did me. If we just look closely we can see “art” in everything, can’t we?
I have read so much of your blog. But, while inspiring, it leaves many questions unanswered. Some, I imagine, you consider too personal. But my answer would be that given the spiritual nature of this blog, you might consider becoming more vulnerable….or not. But more importantly, what about the more practical questions? Example: “two years to build your house” covers, the money, time, trips, help, design, (do you have a bathroom, running water, a roommate?), and so on. I can hear you saying that in leaving out the details you leave us free to follow our own path instead of yours. Still, did you not have practical guide posts along the way that you could share? I’ll get back to reading. But a word about that fantastic kitty enclosure: How did you keep the kitties from escaping under the bottom, and how did you keep the snakes out of the enclosure? See? So many questions!
Hi Sherry–I love your questions! In fact your response is what I’ve been hoping for ever since I started writing the blog. So I’m going to write a post with your questions at the head of it and answer them on a post, giving them some time and thought. I haven’t intentionally left out the details. They just didn’t occur to me. And there have been times when I have feared I’ve been TOO vulnerable. I don’t want to become maudlin. I was even criticized once for one post being too personal.
I’m delighted that you are digging into the blog. There is a lot there. I’m also so happy that you find it inspiring. And especially I am thrilled that you find it spiritual. Thank you. And that it raises questions for you.
The kitty enclosure’s wire “fencing” is buried 12″ into the ground all around, to keep kitties in and coyotes out. I live at 8500 feet so we don’t have a snake problem here, although the lower elevations do. I only get the occasional bull snake and garter snakes–very rarely though. We do have a few rattle snakes but I haven’t seen one in the 4 1/2 years I’ve lived here.
So I will work on answering your questions on the blog in a post. I love your curious mind. An invitation: please send me questions as they come up for you and I will try to answer them. Please also tell me where you feel I’m not being vulnerable enough and I will feel out how I might address that more fully.