Early morning was a good time to be visiting Bari Vecchia where the residents of the crooked streets were preparing for the day ahead. Washing lines were being loaded and cranked into position high up across the alleys and lanes and strung outside windows like bunting as though in anticipation of a parade or a carnival, stretching across the streets, smelling sweetly of soap powder, dripping indiscriminately and swaying gently backwards and forwards above the secret doorways and back alleys.
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Heh! Good challenge!
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Yep! That’s the shot 🙂 Redolent of Italy and the Med.
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Thanks Jo – I can never resist laundry!
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No ironing for me, please!
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I generally find that if you hang it out properly and then fold it neatly then the need for ironing is almost completely eliminated!
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As I think you know Andrew I love taking laundry photos when traveling. This one is excellent.
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Other people’s washing is so fascinating!
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I love the scent of laundry from outdoors. We’re not allowed to have clothes lines anymore. Can you imagine?
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No clothes lines? Who says so? That’s probably a breach of Human Rights!
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😀 😀 They clutter the landscape. You’re allowed to have an umbrella type clothesline:
https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1EODB_enCA562CA564&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=umbrella%20clothesline
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That is a real shame! I love to see my clothes line full and blowing in the breeze!
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Me too. I especially liked watching my mother fight with frozen clothes and sheets in wintertime. They hung the length of the backyard like sturdy soldiers.
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Thanks for the memory nudge. Frozen bed linen thawed out in front of the living room fire! No radiators of course!
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We didn’t have radiators either. 🙂
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I like smelling clothing when still they are wet!
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The soft scent of washing powder and fabric conditioner combined with a gentle Mediterranean breeze – heavenly!
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Ha! Tessa and me think the same!
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Laundry photos are among my favorite. I have lots.
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photos or laundry? Thanks for the comment.
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Funny. I was in the process of posting about the unexpected challenges of laundry since moving to Spain from the US. Also, as I have previously mentioned to you, I enjoy the old doors you have posted, and to that end I have posted some from my picturesque village of Altea Spain, which I think you will enjoy.
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I found some of my favourite doors in Catalonia. Altea looks nice!
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