Timing is everything
@GardenGerty (169449)
United States
June 3, 2023 9:54am CST
I am still not getting to mow.
First, it is wet from rain over night, then I get ready to go mow, and get visitors, then it rains again.
Right now the sun is shining. I made pancakes, and ate, and washed dishes. I have some important mail that needs to go out.
Maybe the grass will be dry enough to mow when I get done with the mail. I can only hope.
I would like to mow the area around the clothesline. I could hang out laundry and save electricity, as well as not heating up the house from the drier.
It seems very few people in the US use clotheslines any more. We rely on our driers. I especially like sheets and blankets dried outside.
I plan to respond to some more discussions, then go to the mailbox. There is always something that needs to be done.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
3 Jun 23
I wish it would rain here. Our new plants are drooping; and I can't keep asking my husband's cousin to come and water. I hope you got an opportunity to mow and hang your clothes outside. Thanks for accepting my friendship on FB. Hope you have a great weekend.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
3 Jun 23
It is too bad you do not have a timed sprinkler for them. I mowed a bit and will mow some more before I take a shower.
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@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
4 Jun 23
@GardenGerty We need a longer hose. Right now his cousin is watering the plants with a watering can. Not very efficient.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
4 Jun 23
@LindaOHio That is very tiring and time consuming.
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Jun 23
I hang my laundry out to dry in the warmer weather. Today would have been a good day for it as it was sunny and windy but I didn't have enough laundry to run the machine.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
4 Jun 23
I washed a comforter, but it rained. . . again.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
9 Jun 23
@BarBaraPrz Did you figure out what the noise was?
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@BarBaraPrz (51818)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Jun 23
@GardenGerty Well, I did a mini wash this morning (all my sweaty, dirty work clothes) and will hang them out in a few minutes. For some reason there's a strange noise coming from the basement where the water meter is (about under where I'm sitting).
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
3 Jun 23
Yes, clothes dried outdoors tend to bring in pollen.
Really hard on people with allergies. We never had a dryer growing up.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
9 Jun 23
Very nice that you are close to a lakeshore to walk when the weather permits.
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@LadyDuck (502376)
• Italy
9 Jun 23
@GardenGerty Our little town is set between two lakes. The Swiss Lake of Lugano and the Italian lake Como. The Italian lake is not even 5 miles from us.
@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
4 Jun 23
I do find it peaceful and I can fold it as I take it down.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
3 Jun 23
The back yard really did not get much care last summer with Bob so sick. I am glad he is home this summer and feels good enough to sit and visit and do a few outdoor things.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Jun 23
@GardenGerty I am also glad he is feeing better these days.
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@GardenGerty (169449)
• United States
9 Jun 23
@CarolDM Better than he has felt in almost three years.
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