It’s an absolutely beautiful day here, which is a fabulous change from all the rain we’ve had over the past few weeks (and the rain that is still forecasted to come). We woke up to clear blue skies, a much cooler temperature than the heat and humidity of the past two days, and a truly wonderful strong breeze. My living room curtains and sheers are currently blowing around, all my upstairs windows are open, and I’m listening to the sounds of the neighbourhood as my laundry dries on the line. I love that we are allowed clothelines here. Actually, I don’t know anyone offline who isn’t allowed a clothesline in their city or neighbourhood. The neighbour to the left of me and the two to the right all have lines that stretch across the backyard and I love seeing the clothes flapping in the breeze. I’m, strangely enough, not a fan of the smell of line-dried clothes but you can’t beat the efficiency or frugality of it and a good breeze helps to keep the clothes a little softer than the sun alone. Plus, the sun is really good for bleaching out stains (hang those cloth diapers, Rhonda!). I used to hang B’s dipes on the line and, later, his mama-made cloth pull-ups.

This is just a small load, about which I don’t feel too badly because I have a front-loader which is supposed to only use as much water as is needed. And I needed to wash B’s mattress cover. He’s fully trained (woooo!!) but occasionally has an accident during his nap. I find it funny that he can go all night without wetting the bed and not go to the bathroom for an hour or two after he wakes up but he sometimes wakes up wet from a 1.5 to 2.5 hour nap. I went and bought a second mattress cover when I decided to not put him in diapers at night. That way, I can strip his bed and re-make it right away without having to do the laundry first.

And in case you noticed them, those are boy-cut briefs at this end of the line and not granny panties! Just in case clarification was needed. Because I looked at that picture after I’d uploaded it and thought to myself, ‘Dang, those look like grannies!"