Have just put a wash on line.............

I just LOVE seeing little children's washing on the lineGally I don't know why but there is something about those little babygros wiggling in the wind that brings a smile to my face. Not widow Twanky, just caring and loving Granny!

Greatnan an elderly friend bought a toploader washing machine which isn't much bigger than a spin dryer, its excellent for her..

I used to get great satisfaction to seeing a line full of clean nappies blowing in the wind.
I love clean sheets especially when they've been dried outside and smell wonderful.

I did look at little washing machines but they don't take enough linen to be useful to me - I have no trouble washing my clothes in the bath and even my bedding and towels. I just need to be able to spin them. My mother had a Creda Debonaire and it got the washing drier than any washing machine. When I first looked up 'spinner' I got salad washers, but now I know the proper word in French (essoreusse) I have looked on Google.fr but found only one supplier. I think I might go on leboncoin which is like a French e-bay and try to find a second hand one. (There is a French e-bay as well).

goldengran, I know exactly what you mean! When my sister was going through a depressive stage of her life (due to illness), she asked me what made me happy. I replied: Small things, like a line of washing blowing in the wind. She just stared at me. I think she had been expecting something huge and profound. Later she understood.

I saw one in Geant for 79Euros the other day and forgot to tell you Greatnan.

I have a dryer but very rarely use it- do all the big washes on sunny days and on to the line in the garden. Those new flat headed pegs are great as they do not mark the clothes too much, and I am afraid I am very particular how I hang them too - they must hang 'square' and pegs clamped where they won't show marks.

BTW if you Google, be careful as 'essoreuse' only has 1 's' at the end.

Oh the simple joy of hanging the washing on the line. My house sometimes resembles a Chinese Laundry as I do a lot of washing for my son and daughter in law and their children. Its fantastic to get the washing all done and see it billowing in the wind (that's my knickers though)

Thanks, juragan, I will google Geant and see if the one at Annemasse has them. (Can't blame google for my typo, though, I just held the key down too long).

Greatnan I think I have OCD (?) when it comes to hanging out washing, socks have to be paired, coloured items to be matched or coordinated! (Mind you, pairing socks as they go out makes it much easier when bringing them in.)

OGM I'm just the same - pairing and colour coordination is a must! Everything takes 2x as long but at least they are in the correct order when dry and the washing line is pleasing to the eye

Yes! I love to arrange items for washing line in an orderly fashion. When I had babes, I really enjoyed seeing the snow white nappies blowing in the wind. I take after my mother...sheets, pillow case, towels, undies, socks and such. She used wooden pegs. Mine are coloured plastic and I like to match a pair to individual items. Crazy, harmless stuff! But then I'm not 100% sane, so it follows...

I just put a wash on the line. An incontinent pigeon flew past. Let's just say you don't want to see the state of my smalls (which are, alas, not as small as I would like them to be). Must avoid cake.

Oh, isn't it annoying when that happens? Especially if you don't notice until everything's dry and ready to take in....

Its always the largest item on the washing line that gets pooped on.

Oh fee sorry!!! I didnt mean your smalls were large , just re read your post.

It's too late Glass. You've said it now.

We know you meant it what you meant.

It ws a very funny foot-in-mouth though.

Soop I usually use wooden pegs, but when on holiday in a friend's villa in Spain (plastic pegs provided) I started, in matched pairs of course, with my favourite colour (blue) then lilacs through to pinks. I alwas hoped I wouldn't have to use green (an unlucky colour )!
NOW that IS weird!

OGM - that takes me back to my childhood when I got a large box of paints and, not being much of an artist, got great pleasure in just grading them from white through to black. My daughters had mammoth packs of felt tips and I used to long to put them in order for them - neither of them has inherited my OCD and they were quite happy to have them kept in random order

Greatnan sadly I didn't resist temptation, felt-tip pens arranged as per a rainbow but with all the shades of each colour blended from dark to light.... the ONLY time I enjoyed clearing away after the DSs.... Oh dear

Oldgreymare That makes two of us...anymore GN's prepared to join the silly club?

My washing line OCD relates to how things are placed on the washing line! Pegs have to in the right places for each garment/item or I can't bear to look.

My washing line has to be immaculate! Sheets have to be exactly in half and perfectly smooth before I carefully place the pegs at each end, and if it's too windy and messes them up I get quite grumpy!

And you all know that's not a bit like me! [angelic emoticon]

I always colour match my pegs. I also always peg nightdresses at the one end of the line. They then just brush the lavender bush which makes them smell nice.