tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post4688314507644168861..comments2024-03-24T14:37:32.309-04:00Comments on Morning's Minion: Sunshine on SnowMorning's Minionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-37395586956532956662010-01-12T20:22:03.921-05:002010-01-12T20:22:03.921-05:00I grew up in a house that used a wringer washing m...I grew up in a house that used a wringer washing machine and my mom air dried all her laundry. I miss those old fashion machines now with new ones it seems like it takes most of its time putting water into the machine for clothes that are really not all the dirty. I have given up on the modern convenience of a clothes dryer. I find a couple <a href="http://www.bestdryingrack.com" rel="nofollow">clothes drying racks</a> really manages to get everything dry for me and you just can not get that air dried feel out of a machine.Mary Q Contrariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584539485118571553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-5385106983225366882009-12-16T12:55:25.938-05:002009-12-16T12:55:25.938-05:00I know what you mean about blogging. My lovely G t...I know what you mean about blogging. My lovely G thought it a bit suspect that I wanted to blog and forbade me to blog about her or include any photos of her in it!<br /><br />She enjoys it now and has even been complimentary about it. {high praise indeed].<br /><br />I dont think it's about sentimentality at all. I think you blog what you know and what you feel, and if thats sentimental and nostalgic at times then so what.<br /><br />I bet in a few years you will be pointing out to her about HER sentimentality!<br /><br />I agree too about not wanting to live in the past. Much harder times and not the good old days they are portrayed sometimes, but there are parts of the past, usually people, that I enjoy recalling and reminiscing about. I think bereavement does that to you too don't you?<br /><br />We plan to move to France for some of the year when we are ready to downsize {finances permitting of course} to benefit from a warmer climate and a different culture.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-3981400510636019592009-12-13T15:06:06.275-05:002009-12-13T15:06:06.275-05:00Chris; I would love to find one of those wooden cl...Chris; I would love to find one of those wooden clothes "horses." the nearest thing is a rather feeble folding affair available at the local hardware store.<br />Angie: I always thought of Uncle Bill's mangle as a rather odd household device--apparently they weren't all that uncommon? I've read about the drying racks that could be loaded and hoisted into the warm airy space below a ceiling--makes sense--everything getting dry without taking up floor space.<br />Carol: I never had to lug laundry up and down flights of stairs, but it sounds labor intensive. So many of the tasks we did to "keep" our families just a few decades ago, would seem like awfully hard work for today's young women. I don't suppose any of it hurt us!<br />Kath; Welcome! I went to look at Fudge the Cat and she does indeed look like my Eggnog. I never realized that England's winter didn't include much snowfall--maybe I have a Dicken's Christmas in mind?<br />Al; Your comment makes me think, not for the first time, that I do a lot of what my daughter calls "wallowing in nostalgia." As I write about what I remember, it is not with a sense of "the good ole days"--simpler mechanics and technologies didn't make life "better" or make up for the troubles which modern medicine, in particular, now cope with.<br />I think those of us who have become "regulars" on each others' blogs, enjoy the joggling of memories and the sense of recognition of a lifestyle and an era which was changing drastically even as we were children.<br />The prolonged bout of cold weather has us thinking whether we want to live the rest of our elderly lives in such a cold climate!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-17440782655275497952009-12-13T10:25:40.981-05:002009-12-13T10:25:40.981-05:00Hullo MM,
How strange life is. I had a dream just...Hullo MM,<br /><br />How strange life is. I had a dream just last night where I was with my mother as she washed clothes in the very first washer we ever owned - a big boiler thing. My job was to work the 'wringer' to press the water out of the clothes when they were done and then to hang them out to dry {under strict supervision}.<br /><br /> It then changed to the next machine which sounds identical to what you are desribing here.<br /><br /><br />Beautiful cats and nice photo's. And every time the house here feels cold I look at some of those you have posted and be thankful for what is a benign climate in reality.<br /><br />regards.......Al.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-75412865679665612172009-12-12T06:41:06.724-05:002009-12-12T06:41:06.724-05:00Hi! I just came over to look at your quilts and I ...Hi! I just came over to look at your quilts and I was delighted to see your cat Eggnog, looks very like our Fudge! I loved your work, especially the snowball quilt. I am enjoying reading your snow stories, particularly as we have mild, damp weather here in England.Thankyou for the comment you left me, I shall sign up here now, so I don't miss anything, best wishes Kath in EnglandKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-39401796394045108772009-12-11T07:29:33.373-05:002009-12-11T07:29:33.373-05:00Morning MM...I LOVE my clothesline!
Sheets just ar...Morning MM...I LOVE my clothesline!<br />Sheets just aren't the same out of the dryer! I had to to use a wringer washer for 18 months in Germany. We lived in Military housing on the 4th floor and my washer was in the basement. I had a baby in cloth diapers so I lugged it all downstairs. We had a drying room with blower heaters in the winter and clotheslines outside for the summer. Memories!!Carol Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749285023748227382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-72902874056516815732009-12-11T05:26:43.124-05:002009-12-11T05:26:43.124-05:00I dont have a dryer ...always thought the cost of ...I dont have a dryer ...always thought the cost of electricity was too high .... so I peg out in the fine weather and use a non wooden clothes horse ...or two ... and the radiators, in the winter. I have no memory of a washing machine when I was young but we had a mangle that Mum turned. We had an airer that hung high in the ceiling of the kitchen and was lowered to load up. Things dried so quickly up there after being mangled as the heat from the fire rose to warm the clothes and evaporate the remaining water.<br />I love the nostalgic memories ...you always start the grey cells working !!!!<br /><br />LOved all the pictures ...and those on the last post too ...fantastic stag shots.<br /> OMG ...-22 .....<br />I thought it was cold this morning as there was still about half an inch of frost on everything at 9am...couldnt cope with it that low. xxAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177505346903016669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-73117938405469870392009-12-11T02:31:53.853-05:002009-12-11T02:31:53.853-05:00Certainly great nostalgia. I remember all of that...Certainly great nostalgia. I remember all of that except under slightly different circumstances. I could still use a clothes horse today for some of the heavier things that don't completely dry in the dryer. But where would you find one of those?... short of having it 'specially crafted!ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.com