The Simple Pleasures of Air-Drying

With the arrival of warm (and hot!) spring days, I am really enjoying some of the simple pleasures that come along with line drying my laundry in the nicer weather. My clothesline goes from my house, out to a huge lilac tree, and back to my house in a triangle shape. The lilacs were recently in full bloom and the scent is so beautiful. Bees love the lilacs and there are always a plethora of them buzzing about while I hang the laundry. So far, we leave each other alone; each of us absorbed in our own busy task.

This week a spider decided to take up residence on my clothesline. I love spiders as long as they are not in my house, so I'm careful not to destroy its web. I have to carefully hang laundry around it as to not disturb it. So far, the clothesline spider has made it through two laundry hangings and seems perfectly content flapping in the wind along with the clothes!

I've been using an environmentally safe laundry detergent that is scented with lavender oil. The scent is just incredible. That, combined with the natural air drying scent is pretty heady stuff! My rhododendrons are now blooming; they also have a lovely scent and are gorgeous to look at. I only wish their blooms would last a little longer than a few weeks; their beauty is so fleeting.

Butterflies are now fluttering about to add to the scenario. There is so much simple beauty right in your own backyard. Try hanging your laundry out this summer... it's much better than having a hot dryer running on a sweltering day. I guarantee that you'll like it!

~Marilyn