Hi Betsy - wonderful little collection ... fresh laundry with old clothes pegs ... lovely to see and think about: washing blowing dry in the gentle breezes .. cheers Hilary
Very country. They would have gone perfect at Mom and Dad's house, especially in the "country room" where Dad paneled the walls with old barn boards. Sometimes I miss being a kid in that house. *sigh* :0)
Next visit to Nana's house you need offer to clean our her unwanted stuff. Set up a little etsy store and and make money til you have enough. ha. How's the job search coming anyway? Anyone want you enough to pay? lol....that sounded funny.
Ok, I'll spill the beans. The allusion in this expression is to people who maintain such a cool demean or that they don't even have the warmth to melt butter.
Oh dear, "couriosity killed the cat". It means to divulge a secret that is better kept to oneself. Now do you want to know what "curiosity k. . . .. . oh, never mind, we could me here forever! Ha!
No Keith is wrong !. . . "Butter would not melt in my mouth" means I was such a good boy I was totally uncorrupted by this big bad world . . . . like I am still . . . lol
They are called "Dolly Pegs" here in the Mother Country. During the last war children (and some adults) used to paint faces on the top bit and clothes on the body with trousers on the legs. Some even made little dresses for them! Toy dolls were a rarity then, so the kids made do with what they could find. They are not so old here, you can still buy them at hardware shops. I use them to peg my smalls out on the clothes line even now!
They made them here during The Depression, too! They were really cute...some painted clothes, and some glued on fabric for little dresses...yarn or string for hair. I should make some! :)
haha...it's too expensive to throw dirt in it! Chilly here, too....sunshine, though, fortunately...but not a good day to do yard work. We had frost this morning!
Betsy I'm getting a picture in my imagination of Pioneer Betsy hanging the sheets on the line the wind whipping around your legs and the Mister chopping wood in the distance. I love old wood clothes pins, and the basket is perfect.
I know! I didn't grow up with clothes hung on the line...and I've never had a clothes line. Everyone says things smell so good dried outside. I think they smell good coming out of the dryer, too! haha.... I do love how they look blowing in the breeze, though.
It's true - they do smell good coming out of the dryer, but still! I grew up in the country and we hung all our clothes outside. I still have a clothesline, but I don't use it nearly as much as I used to.
Our neighbors hang his underwear out on the line that I can see from my windows. That part is not charming. lol....I think it's funny that hers don't go out...only his. :)
lol...oh dear. I won't be able to look out the window now without laughing.... They do keep us amused, I will say that. And the mister and I accuse each other of being Mr or Mrs Kravitz from Bewitched as we watch from the kitchen window! ha!
Charming indeed! When I saw the title of your post I thought-please don't tell me she is doing her laundry with a washboard! You have a way of making me feel lax!
Well yes, they are charming. I used to love to hang clothes on the line, but it ended one day when Cliff was riding his horse through the yard and they got hung up in it. Down came the whole clothes line. He even pulled up the poles. It was all the clothes lines fault, of course. LOL!
Well, my auction job makes it easy...such a variety of things to be exposed too! And I come from a family that loved pretty vintage things...several generations back!
Oh, what a wonderful haul! Us crafters are always looking for those kind of clothespins...we wrap our ribbon around them to look pretty in glass containers.
When I was a kid a long time ago that style of clothespin was all that was for sale. My mom would hang her laundry out with them. I know she eventually switched over as these kind could eventually break from clipping jeans to the line.
Oh - I love that look, Betsy!
ReplyDeleteI do, too....worn, soft and lovely! :)
DeleteChocolate covered pomegranate seeds? Cool!
DeleteYou have to try them! So good!
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Hi Betsy - wonderful little collection ... fresh laundry with old clothes pegs ... lovely to see and think about: washing blowing dry in the gentle breezes .. cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteLaundry on the line always looks charming, I think...although I've never actually done it myself!
DeleteVery country. They would have gone perfect at Mom and Dad's house, especially in the "country room" where Dad paneled the walls with old barn boards. Sometimes I miss being a kid in that house. *sigh*
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Yes, they would look perfect in a room like that! Barn board walls? What a neat idea!
DeleteYup, there are no slivers left in those barn boards. We got them all when we were kids.
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What were you kids doing, climbing the walls? :)
DeleteI seen a few of those at my grandmothers place
ReplyDeleteUsed to break them apart with a smile on my face lol
They're worth some money now.
DeleteLittle bratty boy you were, and how!
lol....
lol whoopsy
DeleteDon't tell her they were worth money
Next visit to Nana's house you need offer to clean our her unwanted stuff.
DeleteSet up a little etsy store and and make money til you have enough. ha.
How's the job search coming anyway?
Anyone want you enough to pay? lol....that sounded funny.
I remember those old clothes pegs from when I was a little boy and butter would not melt in my mouth . . . :)
ReplyDeleteDo tell what that funny expression means....lol....
DeleteEddie, shall I tell her, or will you?
DeleteHe has a really cold tongue? ha.
DeleteOk, I'll spill the beans. The allusion in this expression is to people who maintain such a cool demean or that they don't even have the warmth to melt butter.
DeleteI suppose you will want to know what "spill the beans" means now?
DeleteWell, since you call me "Old Bean", yes I think I do!
DeleteOh dear, "couriosity killed the cat". It means to divulge a secret that is better kept to oneself. Now do you want to know what "curiosity k. . . .. . oh, never mind, we could me here forever! Ha!
DeleteCuriosity killed the Cat Whisperer? ha!
Deletecareful...I've willed all 14 of them to you!
DeleteNo Keith is wrong !. . . "Butter would not melt in my mouth" means I was such a good boy I was totally uncorrupted by this big bad world . . . . like I am still . . . lol
DeleteI'm never wrong! My ex-wife used to tell me.
DeleteIf I had guessed, I would have guessed that it meant you didn't lie....as if lying made your tongue as hot as hell and it would melt butter. :)
DeleteTime for bed, said Zebadee.
DeleteZebadee must not be related to Nicodemus. ha.
DeleteWe use those expressions a lot too...
DeleteThey are called "Dolly Pegs" here in the Mother Country. During the last war children (and some adults) used to paint faces on the top bit and clothes on the body with trousers on the legs. Some even made little dresses for them! Toy dolls were a rarity then, so the kids made do with what they could find. They are not so old here, you can still buy them at hardware shops. I use them to peg my smalls out on the clothes line even now!
ReplyDeleteThey made them here during The Depression, too! They were really cute...some painted clothes, and some glued on fabric for little dresses...yarn or string for hair. I should make some! :)
DeleteI remember making some of those with my grandma's old pegs - brings back such sweet memories.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteWould look great with some flowers in it! hahaha!
Bloody cold here today!
Cheers!
Linda :o)
haha...it's too expensive to throw dirt in it!
DeleteChilly here, too....sunshine, though, fortunately...but not a good day to do yard work.
We had frost this morning!
Betsy I'm getting a picture in my imagination of Pioneer Betsy hanging the sheets on the line the wind whipping around your legs and the Mister chopping wood in the distance. I love old wood clothes pins, and the basket is perfect.
ReplyDeletehaha...just like Little House on the Prairie! :)
DeleteYes, so charming! I can't believe you've never hung up laundry. Sheets dried outside smell so good!
ReplyDeleteI know! I didn't grow up with clothes hung on the line...and I've never had a clothes line.
DeleteEveryone says things smell so good dried outside. I think they smell good coming out of the dryer, too! haha....
I do love how they look blowing in the breeze, though.
See....I really am a city girl out here in the country! lol....
DeleteIt's true - they do smell good coming out of the dryer, but still!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the country and we hung all our clothes outside. I still have a clothesline, but I don't use it nearly as much as I used to.
Our neighbors hang his underwear out on the line that I can see from my windows. That part is not charming. lol....I think it's funny that hers don't go out...only his. :)
DeleteThat is not so charming!
DeleteNo, I wish they would hang out quilts or something pretty! :)
DeleteOh my gosh, on a windy day there are sticks strewn about the yard and his underwear on the line. I think there might be a country song in there. LOL!
Deletehaha.. so true! Oh gosh, that is SO funny! Where's my guitar....
Delete....or a banjo. HaHa!
Deletelol...oh dear. I won't be able to look out the window now without laughing....
DeleteThey do keep us amused, I will say that. And the mister and I accuse each other
of being Mr or Mrs Kravitz from Bewitched as we watch from the kitchen window! ha!
Charming indeed! When I saw the title of your post I thought-please don't tell me she is doing her laundry with a washboard! You have a way of making me feel lax!
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A washboard? Like I have time to do that. lol.....Talk about lax...I won't even carry it out to hang on a line! haha....
DeleteI have a clothesline here. Bring your pins over and I'll let you try them out! You have some great finds.
ReplyDeleteWell, that would be fun! :) You need to live closer!
DeleteWell yes, they are charming. I used to love to hang clothes on the line, but it ended one day when Cliff was riding his horse through the yard and they got hung up in it. Down came the whole clothes line. He even pulled up the poles. It was all the clothes lines fault, of course. LOL!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! I think if the poles came up I'd resort to the inside dryer, too! hahaha....
DeleteWash day has never been the same. Lol!
DeleteWell, I guess not! haha. I've never had a horse come through my yard ever...much less to take out the laundry! :)
DeleteCharming for sure..a perfect combination. You have a good eye for pretty vintage things.
ReplyDeleteWell, my auction job makes it easy...such a variety of things to be exposed too!
DeleteAnd I come from a family that loved pretty vintage things...several generations back!
Looks beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day
Thanks, Manu....you have a lovely day, yourself!
DeleteVERY charming!!! Love those. blessings ~ tanna
ReplyDeleteDo you hang your laundry out, Tanna? I bet it dries really fast in that dry hot air.
DeleteOh, what a wonderful haul! Us crafters are always looking for those kind of clothespins...we wrap our ribbon around them to look pretty in glass containers.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cute idea....I like that better than the original use! ha.
DeleteWhen I was a kid a long time ago that style of clothespin was all that was for sale. My mom would hang her laundry out with them. I know she eventually switched over as these kind could eventually break from clipping jeans to the line.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure when the wire hinged ones came out it was a really big deal....just like it is when new products come out now and we are excited! :)
DeleteYep, perfect vignette!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? So soft and pretty!
DeleteThis just makes you want to do laundry.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hang out my laundry.
And you have a lovely new back yard to 'break in" :)
DeleteLove it! One of my favorite boards I've made on pinterest is all about laundry day.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for a board! Do I follow you? I can't remember! I'll have to come take a look!
DeleteI used to make dolls out of those. My mum had a whole basket full just like that..
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