I love days when there is a breeze blowing in my yard, especially a coastal one, where I can just spend that mind-numbing time loading laundry and ironing the results. Purlease, lovely bloggers, do not get me wrong, I do not love chores, by any manner of means but the smell of clean, ironed clothes has gotta be the best reward for hours of work in the trudge of domesticity, surely?
It was one of those days today, I cannot tell you how long it took me to clear up after those other four and for sure those Beach Cottage kiddos seem to grow laundry, but oh what a fantabulous Autumnal day for it to blow in the air. As I pegged, it reminded me of the first few weeks in the Beach Cottage, where it was, if not, exciting, certainly chaotic. And all of a sudden we had no washing line. Of course we had a dryer, but euuuh, I live in the lucky country, where, people, you don't, for most of the year consider shoving your laundry in a dryer. Unless you are an environmental sadist.
Sooooo, I forced Mr BC to erect (dont' you just love that word?) a makeshift line, seeing as those lovely sweet previous owners of the Beach Cottage obviously never washed their clothes or took the washing line holes with them. Result was a piece of string (ok, I will admit, it was a rather rustic piece of string) strung between two orange trees.
I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry, I mean, ya know, I have an ORANGE TREE, in fact I have two, and if, like me, you are not from lands where you can walk right on into your yard and pick an orange, this, as my kiddos would say, is quite an awesome thing.
But funny, that string line is still there, between the oranges and more, I still use that string line, even though we have a real, proper, in the ground line now. But I like the string one, it's kinda shabby, it gets full sun and my whites get a natural bleaching. Napisan eat your heart out.
Later, after the monotony of housework, I thought stuff the squeezed-for-time-thing and decided on a quick half hour on the beach before all the other kiddo duties of the day.
And this, for me, it seems is the easiest route to success in all the other areas – the kids, the husbands, the dinner, the housework – taking time-out to zone-out and enjoy the beauty very-much-in-evidence and often-sadly-taken-for-granted, all around me.
And it always surprises me how this re-charges me, it works for me. So I grabbed a bag, a hat and headed down the beach, just a short trip, kicking back and letting go…
I'd love to know what you do, to, ya know, zip on out of your day for a bit, because I'll try it, for sure…
…and don't forget there is a Beach Cottage Giveaway this week, postingt the wares tomorrw, all you have to do is leave a comment, pretty simple, or see below for more ways to win…
Don't forget the Giveaway – I'll be posting the goodies tomorrow, ooooh ye-eah, oooh ye-eah, with a tablescape, but I'll be drawing the winner from all comments, all week from Monday 04 through Sunday 10th.
And here's what to do if you wanna win…
Simple little rules, who wants those complicated ones?
1. Just leave a comment and that's it (just remember to leave your email!)
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Youve done it again!! I too have been hanging the washing out and yep although a boring chore it does clear the cobwebs away – getting a chore done and getting some fresh air. What I mean you’ve done it again youve cheered me up with your down to earth but gorgeous blog. Thank you How do I zone out for a bit? Look at your beautiful photos of course! he he bye for now.
I haven’t put laundry on the line for many years. I love the smell of fresh air dried laundry!
Your photos are wonderful. J and I were talking about how wonderful it would be to have oranges growing on trees in the back yard. Sigh…..that doesn’t happen here in Missouri!
So you have oranges in your backyard, huh Sarah? You make even hanging laundry on the line look great, although I do not want to go back to those days. I grew up hanging clothes on the line & as sweet & old-fashioned as it is, it’s not for me. I’ll take my big ole’ dryer any day.
What do you do with your colored clothes, don’t they bleach out in the sun? That was my experience with that. Thanks for playing today.
HeLLo
I wanted to stop in and say i am new to your blog and love it. You keep it all so simple and your home is beautiful. I must say you are on the check frequent blog list.
How fun to peek into your world. Oh how I miss a clothes line. One of the stipulations when we bought our lot to build a home was that we could not have a clothes line….I love the smell of clothes after drying outside. I just feel refreshed seeing all your photos..you have a great eye for design.
I love the sack on the beach idea. It looks cute. I just added you to my blog roll the other day. Are you north of Sydney or south? I am north. Cherrie
There was a book I had called White By Design. I have to say that I don’t know where I placed it before I got married and my parent’s moved into their condo but your blog just reminds me so of that book. If anyone were to find the book I am sure they would see that it is dog earred and the binder is fraying. I loved the book so. That book and your blog make me smile.
The way I relax is to go outside (when it is nice-of course) and knit.
I was just telling my husband the other day How I wished I had a clothes line outside to hang my bed linens. I miss that smell.. it’s so much more cleaner and refreshing. Love the Orange trees.. I bet you have tons of different recipes for them. Thanks for sharing for the party.
Debbie
You’re so lucky to be able to just walk down to the beach to relax!! My favourite way to relax is taking the dogs to the dog park. It’s almost like being out in the country, especially when you take the paths through the woods. I love watching them running and playing
To be able to walk into your backyard and pick an orange off the tree… that’s just too cool!!
I’m going to add the link to your giveaway to our blog sidebar
I “discovered” your blog a few weeks ago. I am in Texas and I go to the coast every weekend. When life is too much, walking the shoreline will do if for me everytime. It’s just so constant and there for you. Kind of like my doggies, always there for me. I am investing in white paint after seeing your amazing transformations with it.
I so agree with Debbie, the smell of bed linens that have been hanging in the sun to dry. Not much that can beat that.
I used to go to the beach to relax but unfortunately we live to far away from the sea now.
Have a nice day, Jeannette
I love all your delicious whites and your header is superb!!!
I’m going back to read all the giveaway rules and get in on some of that
have a wonderful day.
chasity
Well, if I had a beach within a short walk in the Fall, I’d get myself there for as much time as I could. I always loved the smell of linens from the line. Grew up hanging wash outside all year, even if it froze on the line. Now, I hang it inside on hangers to dry. I couldn’t smell it anyway.
I’d love to be in on your give away.
Mama Bear
Okay, I have been tossing around the possibility of having a clothes line installed and after reading your post I have decided that YES I will do it!! Linens fresh from the line bring forth the best nights sleep one can imagine, right!
Please stop by my blog for a brief visit; I’m just trying to get it started!
If the rain would EVER stop, I would love to hang out some clothes in the sunshine to dry! I was wishing only last week for a clothes line. Of course, the lovely ARB and the Covenants won’t allow it, but a girl can dream, can’t she? I have been on a ironing jag — there is something soul-satisfying about making something orderly and perfectly smooth and fresh in this time of chaos, don’t you think?
Good Morning from So Calif – every morning you inspire me to enjoy what I gotta do! I love vintage linens and air dry them hangin over the porch railing with delicates on hangers above – today I’m going to run a string (just bought a whole spool at a yard sale) and I’m going to hang them properly between two lemon trees. 1/2 hour all to myself…usually includes a 10 minute trek to the beach – today I’ll head over to my fave junk shop to nab some clothespins…
Happy Outdoor Wednesday Sarah! Don’t forget to add the link to Outdoor Wednesday in your post so readers can find the other posts!
Thanks for sharing your photos.~ Susan
Have recently found your blog and I’m amazed by all that you have achieved and also by your fabulous photographs. I love all that you do and visit every day now for inspiration. Keep up the good work.
Fabulous! An orange tree. I miss that. We had fruit trees when we lived in Sarasota and there is nothing like picking fruit that fresh. You lucky girl! Also lucky to have your hubby erect you a line. Smile. Great day in the hood! LOve the line, love the pictures! Love your blog. I am a follower and you KNOW I will give you props on my blog. Add me many times.
Secret words? Erect?
Love your post and your ocean visit. It has been way too long since I have been to the ocean and I only live 4o minutes away. Thanks for the inspiration and love of the simple things.
Maryrose
Your blog is a breath of fresh air, especially for those of us not living on a beach. If the spring pollen would ever go away I could hang some laundry outside to dry. Nothing beats the sweet smell of sun-kissed laundry! I am glad to hear that you remember to take some time just for you, now and again. So healthy and makes us better “mums”!
I love the bleaching power of the sun, too! Since we moved south I’ve discovered that it can get grass stains out of boys’ trousers, which I think is pretty miraculous! We had washable nappies hanging on our line when we lived on Tyneside (no, not terries, the modern velcro sort) and even up there they always came in looking more sanitary than if they’d been through the drier.
Beautiful photos! I visited the beach recently, posted some photos on my blog. Oh how I love to walk on the sand and see the ocean! Your blog is so inspiring.
Oh My husband just put up a washline because I LOVE the smell of line-dried sheets and clothes…not to mention conserving energy! I love your pics, makes me miss FL, I used to live out there and it was hardly ever a bad day when the sun shone and the smell of the ocean beckoning a better day. I subscribed to you, plus linked you on my blog so i’d LOVE to be added to your giveaway! Thanks for your inspiration!
Hi! Love the laundry out and the clothesline. I love freshly dried by the sun laundry hangin’ on the line. You have a great blog. Very nice!
Blessings,
Debbie
Your so lucky. Where I live in Homeowners Asso. regulated area, we cannot hang laundry. I think its awful since its sunny here most of the time. I miss the smell of fresh laundry. And while Ill be moving somewhere soon where the weather isn’t that great, I will however have my own land this time. I am going to have a place to hang laundry for those rare sunny days Ill be getting.
I too, am blessed to live just up the hill from the ocean. But it is sad that I don’t get myself down there often enough. Another sad thing… our one and only orange tree just died. *sniff* We haven’t figured out why yet(a mysterious bug?), but it had the sweetest oranges and we made a lot of delicious juice.
Hey, did you hear the news of the British guy, Brian Southall, who just landed the job of caretaker of Hamilton Island? Lucky guy! I thought of you.
I wish we still had a working clothes line – the post is so rotted on ours that I’m afraid to put anything on it. We do have racks for most of our laundry, but they’re too small for sheets.
This is a new world for me and found your blog by accident but now visit frequently. Love the orange trees and the ladder idea in the bathroom just refurbishing my little bathroom and this is a great idea.
Go well
Carol
I used to love my walks down to the beach as well, oh how we take it for granted and then when it has gone…
I can’t believe people aren’t allowed to hang washing out on a line – I would consider that a breach of my rights! I love this time of year in the UK when we can finally start to get things out on the line and they dry. I hate it when they have to go in a dryer when it is too cold and wet.
G'day! I'm Sarah, I live in a tatty old cottage, near the sea in Australia with a battered old deck & a big old fig tree out the back...stripped wooden floors, old sash windows & a jumble of vintage furniture. [Read More …]
G’day ladies, oooh have I got a good Beach Cottage recipe for you or have I got a good recipe for you. Well it’s actually not Beach Cottage, I cannot claim that… So, a couple of months ago I met up with a couple of blogging friends, AllConsuming and Mrs W for a lil [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Youve done it again!! I too have been hanging the washing out and yep although a boring chore it does clear the cobwebs away – getting a chore done and getting some fresh air. What I mean you’ve done it again youve cheered me up with your down to earth but gorgeous blog. Thank you How do I zone out for a bit? Look at your beautiful photos of course! he he bye for now.
I haven’t put laundry on the line for many years. I love the smell of fresh air dried laundry!
Your photos are wonderful. J and I were talking about how wonderful it would be to have oranges growing on trees in the back yard. Sigh…..that doesn’t happen here in Missouri!
You have made something so simple look like a beautiful thing.I think I will have to go and buy me 2 orange trees and some string.
So you have oranges in your backyard, huh Sarah? You make even hanging laundry on the line look great, although I do not want to go back to those days. I grew up hanging clothes on the line & as sweet & old-fashioned as it is, it’s not for me.
I’ll take my big ole’ dryer any day.
What do you do with your colored clothes, don’t they bleach out in the sun? That was my experience with that. Thanks for playing today.
I wish I could live near a beach!! Our closest is 6 to 7 hours away. I love the romance of the line hung between the trees. So beautiful!!!
HeLLo
I wanted to stop in and say i am new to your blog and love it. You keep it all so simple and your home is beautiful. I must say you are on the check frequent blog list.
A Fellow Blogger Ann
How fun to peek into your world. Oh how I miss a clothes line. One of the stipulations when we bought our lot to build a home was that we could not have a clothes line….I love the smell of clothes after drying outside. I just feel refreshed seeing all your photos..you have a great eye for design.
I love the sack on the beach idea. It looks cute. I just added you to my blog roll the other day. Are you north of Sydney or south? I am north. Cherrie
There was a book I had called White By Design. I have to say that I don’t know where I placed it before I got married and my parent’s moved into their condo but your blog just reminds me so of that book. If anyone were to find the book I am sure they would see that it is dog earred and the binder is fraying. I loved the book so. That book and your blog make me smile.
The way I relax is to go outside (when it is nice-of course) and knit.
Amazing! You have made laundry seem fun!
What a great post!
First time I’ve seen your blog and I enjoyed it so much I plan to follow often.
Have a good day.
Marsha’s Mpressions
I was just telling my husband the other day How I wished I had a clothes line outside to hang my bed linens. I miss that smell.. it’s so much more cleaner and refreshing. Love the Orange trees.. I bet you have tons of different recipes for them. Thanks for sharing for the party.
Debbie
You’re so lucky to be able to just walk down to the beach to relax!! My favourite way to relax is taking the dogs to the dog park. It’s almost like being out in the country, especially when you take the paths through the woods. I love watching them running and playing
To be able to walk into your backyard and pick an orange off the tree… that’s just too cool!!
I’m going to add the link to your giveaway to our blog sidebar
Kelly @ DesignTies
I “discovered” your blog a few weeks ago. I am in Texas and I go to the coast every weekend. When life is too much, walking the shoreline will do if for me everytime. It’s just so constant and there for you. Kind of like my doggies, always there for me. I am investing in white paint after seeing your amazing transformations with it.
Thanks for the joy!
I so agree with Debbie, the smell of bed linens that have been hanging in the sun to dry. Not much that can beat that.
I used to go to the beach to relax but unfortunately we live to far away from the sea now.
Have a nice day, Jeannette
I love all your delicious whites and your header is superb!!!
I’m going back to read all the giveaway rules and get in on some of that
have a wonderful day.
chasity
I love the smell of Fresh Linen too! I have some candles from yankee candle co and they are called clean cotton and they are just delightful too.
As always, AMAZING pictures! I love visitng your site. I always feel so good and crafty when I leave!
Beautiful Site! I love traveling the world through someone else’s eyes!
Well, if I had a beach within a short walk in the Fall, I’d get myself there for as much time as I could. I always loved the smell of linens from the line. Grew up hanging wash outside all year, even if it froze on the line. Now, I hang it inside on hangers to dry. I couldn’t smell it anyway.
I’d love to be in on your give away.
Mama Bear
Okay, I have been tossing around the possibility of having a clothes line installed and after reading your post I have decided that YES I will do it!! Linens fresh from the line bring forth the best nights sleep one can imagine, right!
Please stop by my blog for a brief visit; I’m just trying to get it started!
http://lifeloveladybugs.blogspot.com
Oh, to hang up laundry to dry…. I can’t where I live. The pollution and allergy count are too high.
Beautiful pictures!!
Looks Great! Thanks!
If the rain would EVER stop, I would love to hang out some clothes in the sunshine to dry! I was wishing only last week for a clothes line. Of course, the lovely ARB and the Covenants won’t allow it, but a girl can dream, can’t she? I have been on a ironing jag — there is something soul-satisfying about making something orderly and perfectly smooth and fresh in this time of chaos, don’t you think?
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Good Morning from So Calif – every morning you inspire me to enjoy what I gotta do! I love vintage linens and air dry them hangin over the porch railing with delicates on hangers above – today I’m going to run a string (just bought a whole spool at a yard sale) and I’m going to hang them properly between two lemon trees. 1/2 hour all to myself…usually includes a 10 minute trek to the beach – today I’ll head over to my fave junk shop to nab some clothespins…
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Thanks for sharing your photos.~ Susan
We are almost into our new place in the country (well, 2 months close, anyway). I gotta’ tell hubby to make sure we get a clothesline up!
Have recently found your blog and I’m amazed by all that you have achieved and also by your fabulous photographs. I love all that you do and visit every day now for inspiration. Keep up the good work.
Oh how I love t hang laundry on the line, especially on a windy day! To do so near a BEACH, no less, must be sheer joy!
I found your blog from a link from Southern Hospitality. You seem to be a girl after my own heart.
I would love to be added to the giveaway. Thank you so much!
Fabulous! An orange tree. I miss that. We had fruit trees when we lived in Sarasota and there is nothing like picking fruit that fresh. You lucky girl! Also lucky to have your hubby erect you a line. Smile. Great day in the hood! LOve the line, love the pictures! Love your blog. I am a follower and you KNOW I will give you props on my blog. Add me many times.
Secret words? Erect?
I put the link in my post today on my blog. Hope to see you for Thrifty Thursday tomorrow!
Love your site. Of course I love anything beachy.
Very cute clothesline! I love the beach pictures too. :O) Mary @Boogieboard Cottage
Clothesline art right in your backyard, who knew?
I love your blog! I have linked you on my blog- as a favorite read!
Would it be too much for me to send my laundry to you so mine can smell like the ocean and the orange trees too? lol!
Love your post and your ocean visit. It has been way too long since I have been to the ocean and I only live 4o minutes away. Thanks for the inspiration and love of the simple things.
Maryrose
Your blog is a breath of fresh air, especially for those of us not living on a beach. If the spring pollen would ever go away I could hang some laundry outside to dry. Nothing beats the sweet smell of sun-kissed laundry! I am glad to hear that you remember to take some time just for you, now and again. So healthy and makes us better “mums”!
I love the bleaching power of the sun, too! Since we moved south I’ve discovered that it can get grass stains out of boys’ trousers, which I think is pretty miraculous! We had washable nappies hanging on our line when we lived on Tyneside (no, not terries, the modern velcro sort) and even up there they always came in looking more sanitary than if they’d been through the drier.
we haven’t hung laundry in forever. i wonder why?
Beautiful photos! I visited the beach recently, posted some photos on my blog. Oh how I love to walk on the sand and see the ocean! Your blog is so inspiring.
Oh My husband just put up a washline because I LOVE the smell of line-dried sheets and clothes…not to mention conserving energy! I love your pics, makes me miss FL, I used to live out there and it was hardly ever a bad day when the sun shone and the smell of the ocean beckoning a better day. I subscribed to you, plus linked you on my blog so i’d LOVE to be added to your giveaway! Thanks for your inspiration!
Hi! Love the laundry out and the clothesline. I love freshly dried by the sun laundry hangin’ on the line. You have a great blog. Very nice!
Blessings,
Debbie
I wish I could hang my close out to dry. It is lovely. The smell is great when they are outside.
Beautiful!
Your so lucky. Where I live in Homeowners Asso. regulated area, we cannot hang laundry. I think its awful since its sunny here most of the time. I miss the smell of fresh laundry. And while Ill be moving somewhere soon where the weather isn’t that great, I will however have my own land this time. I am going to have a place to hang laundry for those rare sunny days Ill be getting.
I too, am blessed to live just up the hill from the ocean. But it is sad that I don’t get myself down there often enough. Another sad thing… our one and only orange tree just died. *sniff* We haven’t figured out why yet(a mysterious bug?), but it had the sweetest oranges and we made a lot of delicious juice.
Hey, did you hear the news of the British guy, Brian Southall, who just landed the job of caretaker of Hamilton Island? Lucky guy! I thought of you.
I wish we still had a working clothes line – the post is so rotted on ours that I’m afraid to put anything on it. We do have racks for most of our laundry, but they’re too small for sheets.
Hi,
I love the smell of laundry dried outside…smells of sunshine, trees and (where I’m from) summer or spring. I enjoy your blog.
Cindy from Marseille
This is a new world for me and found your blog by accident but now visit frequently. Love the orange trees and the ladder idea in the bathroom just refurbishing my little bathroom and this is a great idea.
Go well
Carol
I used to love my walks down to the beach as well, oh how we take it for granted and then when it has gone…
I can’t believe people aren’t allowed to hang washing out on a line – I would consider that a breach of my rights! I love this time of year in the UK when we can finally start to get things out on the line and they dry. I hate it when they have to go in a dryer when it is too cold and wet.
Ooohhh…another giveaway! I’m so adding your link to my blog! Love love love your blog…keep up the great work!