After six months of washing lines I have run out of pegs so after showing other people’s laundry I thought that I might finish with one of own…
Up above the streets and houses, rainbow climbing high
Paint the whole world with a rainbow.
Anyone remember this…
I had to sit through endless episodes and videotapes of this with my children in the late 1980s. My favourites were Rod, Jane and Freddy…
Well, Jane mostly.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, History, Postcards, World Heritage
Tagged Monday Washing, Rainbow, ROYGBIV, Washing Lines. Pegs
A very different sort of washing line this week…
This is Fez in Morocco, a tannery to be precise, hanging up in the sun are animal hides waiting for the dying process in the limestone vats below.
The price to pay for a rooftop view of the famous limestone dye pits was another difficult twenty minutes in a leather shop selling coats, jackets, slippers and bags. I didn’t think we were going to get out of there very easily but again Micky was our saviour when he negotiated the purchase of a belt and we were able to get away.
Posted in Africa, History, Literature, Marrakech, Morocco, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Fez, Life, Monday Washing, Morocco, Photography, Trav, Washing Day, Washing Lines
Welcome to my new Project – Washing Lines
Another picture from Porto. When it comes to washing lines, if I was a gold miner in Ballarat, Porto is the equivalent of hitting the mother load.
This woman is lost deep in thought, I wonder what she is thinking about?
It is a Challenge, feel free to join in…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Europe, Literature, Portugal, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Culture, Life, Monday Washing, Porto Ribiera, Porto. Washing Lines, Washing Pegs
Welcome to my new Project – Washing Lines
Today I am back in Portugal, back in Porto where there is a pletora of washing lines.
the Ribiera district which used to be the commercial centre of Porto but is now an up market tourist centre with gaily coloured houses, quayside restaurants and the highest prices in the City.
The riverside apartments rise steeply from the pavement and the rusted iron balconies are permanently decorated with fresh laundry.
It is a Challenge, feel free to join in…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Europe, History, Literature, Portugal, World Heritage
Tagged Life, Monday Washing, Photography, Port Wine, Porto, Ribiera, River Duoro, Travel, Vila Nova de Gaia, Washing Lines
Welcome to my new Project – Washing Lines
It is a Challenge, feel free to join in…
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Europe, History, Italy, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Burano, challenge, Monday Washing, Venice, Washing Lines, Washing Pegs
Welcome to my new Project – Washing Lines
This week I am in Rovinj in Istria in Croatia.
I visited Rovinj with travelling companions in April 2011.
It was time for a coffee and there were plenty of busy harbour side bars to choose from so as we looked for empty spaces Micky reminded me of his theory that if we (the men) made a selection then this would be automatically overruled by Kim who has a curious habit of always walking to the next one perhaps in some sort of belief that it will always be better.
To prove his theory Micky stopped by an empty table at a perfectly acceptable café and waited for the girls to catch up sure enough Kim rejected it and led us instead to the one next door. It was almost identical and the coffee would be exactly the same so there really was no explanation.
Micky smirked, I smiled, Kim was oblivious.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Croatia, Europe, History, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Culture, Life, Monday Washing, Photography, Rovinj, Travel, Washing Line Challenge, Washing Pegs
Welcome to my new project – Washing Lines
I spotted this one in Marrakech.
There is a real basic pegging out error here. Can you spot it?
Peg sharing! This is when one peg is used to secure two items of washing. It looks sloppy and untidy because in my opinion each item should be hung with two pegs (same colour of course) and completely separate from each other so that they dry properly. I would be ashamed to peg out like that.
It is a Challenge. Feel Free to join in.
Posted in Africa, History, Marrakech, Morocco, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Balconies, Marrakech, Monday Washing, Washing Line Challenge, washing Line PegsWashing, Washing Lines
Welcome to my new Project – Washing Lines
I spotted this lady pegging out her washing in Porto in Portugal.
Over the years I suspect that she has lost garments falling into the street below so she now takes the sensible precaution of the addition of an extra peg for each item. She probably can’t afford to lose her washing because (according to Eurostat) Portugal is the nineteenth poorest country in the European Union (out of twenty-seven) and easily the poorest in Western Europe.
This woman on the other hand didn’t have any washing to hang out, maybe because it has all blown away as she didn’t know the three peg trick…
It is a challenge, feel free to join in.
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Europe, Portugal, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Life, Monday Washing, Pegs, Photography, Port Wine, Porto, River Duoro, Travel, UNESCO, Vila Nova de Gaia, Washing Line Challenge
Welcome to my latest theme. Monday Washing Lines.
I liked this one for the way the colour of the washing compliments the shades of the building.
Villajoyosa is a wonderful place, an ex-fishing town, now a Spanish holiday resort of coloured houses with twisted rusting balconies with rattan blinds decorated with overloaded washing lines and pot plants gasping for water, all looking longingly out to sea. It reminded me of Burano in Venice, Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera and of Milos in the Greek Islands.
It is a Challenge. Do feel free to join in…
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Tagged Benidorm, Burano, Cinque Terre, Costa Blanca, Milos Greek Islands, Monday Washing, Torrevieja, Venice, Villajoyosa, Washing Lines
Welcome to my latest theme. Monday Washing Lines.
I am in the Greek Islands again this week on the island of Milos. I include this picture because of the attention to detail in the peg work…
It is almost a perfect 10 but if you look more closely what lets it down slightly is the unequal distribution of colours – eight red and six green. Seven of each would have been perfection. This has led to a simple error because the red-green red-green red-green sequence is not carried through along the whole length of the washing line. A real pity that.
It is a Challenge. Do feel free to join in…
Posted in Cyclades, Europe, Greece, Greek islands, Greek Taverna, Postcards, Travel, World Heritage
Tagged Cyclades, Greek islands, Milos, Monday Washing, Washing Lines
Have Bag, Will Travel 