Monday wash day in Eden Hollow, Minnesota, in early October.
IMAGINE MY DELIGHT, being a hanging-laundry-outside fanatic, when I spotted this clothesline recently in southeastern Minnesota. Pure genius, wouldn’t you say, to rig up a contraption like this for reeling laundry outside and back inside?
A close-up on how this clothesline system works.
I photographed this scene in a place marked Eden Hollow as my husband and I were traveling somewhere between Lenora and Canton in Fillmore County on a drive through southeastern Minnesota Amish country.
Given the style and jewel tones of the clothing, I’d say this laundry belonged to an Amish family. Double bonus for me as I also am intrigued by the Amish and their lifestyle.
Happening upon daily snippets of ordinary life like this pleases me for I am given the opportunity to view life as it is, unedited and real.
The pulley system, rigged to a post in the front yard on one end. I couldn’t see the other end.
© Copyright 2012 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
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