Smell of home

When you do laundry, do you hang your clothes out to dry or do you use the dryer?? I grew up with a grandmother, a mother, and aunts who used a clothesline.

 there seemed to be clothes on the line everyday even in winter!

You can even see clothespins in this picture!










The fresh smell of clothes dried on the line is one smell that always brings me home to memories...

I remember the good times we had growing up...























I remember all the cats that grew up with us... Our cats were all barn cats... few of them were allowed inside!







I remember...

School days...

Sundays....

  Winters...

 

 The little house Dad made for us to play in...

Lots of mowing... OH the smell of freshly mowed grass...

 As we grew up, married and moved away, had children, I remember how important it was for the kids to be together...

 I remember the family reunions...

I remember... Mom and Dad and the love they had for all of us. How lucky we've been to have had such beautiful parents!

RIP Dad... 01/2006



















RIP Viki... 01/2013



















It will be hard to empty the old homestead to let the new owner create her own memories but these are the memories I revisit every time I bring in clothes off the line! And the smell of home and its memories never die!

Lorette