The happiest thing of the day
Was that I bought a clothes pin bag
And filled it with clothes pins!
Now we're ready for spring.
It reminded me of last summer.
I had just brought in some blankets from the line.
My daughter asked me why I hung them out
Instead of running them through the dryer.
I told her that hanging them outside to dry
Traps the summer and spring in the blanket.
"Smell them," I told her, "And you'll smell spring."
She inhaled the blankets deeply.
"I do! They smell like outside!
They smell just like the gas from Pawpaw's lawnmower!"
Haha, that's sweet.
ReplyDeleteI like the thought of doing something in anticipation of the season to come :)
So, a poetic soul is not genetic then?
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! I loved the entire thing. I smiled and smiled and then I laughed out loud!
ReplyDeleteThis is a classic! I was following along with warm fuzzy zen-and-the-the-art-of-homemaking feelings; then the last line hit me in the gut and bent me double with laughter!
ReplyDeleteThank you all! Everyone in my family thought I was crazy for havin a clothesline put up, but it makes me so happy! And not ALL of the blankets smell like gasoline lol
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