Clothesline Art

 Call me funny, but I am interested in people's laundry that is hanging out to dry. Sometimes it is colorful and pretty, sometimes you can tell a bit about them from their clothes. This one, just a few blocks away, spells SUMMER to me!

This one is being guarded by geese.

These people love color.

Also very colorful, and must smell like these lilies growing beside it.

And look what I found online. Clothesline art!! All of these animals are made from hanging clothes!

Here is a poem I have liked for many years. It is very long, so I removed some of the verses.

The Clothes Line

by Marilyn K. Walker

A  clothes line was a news forecast,
to neighbours passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep,
when clothes were hung to dry.

The line announced a baby's birth,
to folks who lived inside,
As brand new  infant clothes,
were hung so carefully with pride.

The ages of the children,
could so readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed,
you'd know how much they'd grown.

It also told when illness struck,
as extra sheets were hung;
Then  night-clothes, and a bathrobe too,
haphazardly were strung.

It said "Gone on vacation now",
when lines hung limp and bare.
It told "We're back!" when full lines sagged,
with not an inch to spare.

But clotheslines now are of the past,
for dryers make work less,
Now what goes on inside a home,
is anybody’s guess.