A pair of white-washed Amish barns gleam in the hot mid-day sunshine. Today’s image is a departure from views around the Pacific Northwest. While driving cross-country by myself several years ago, I was thrilled to get the opportunity to travel through Amish country in Indiana. I loved seeing their clean farms and farmsteads.
When I was a girl in the 1950s, housewives had a saying: ‘Monday is Wash Day, Tuesday is Ironing Day, Wednesday is Sewing or Mending Day, Thursday is Market or Churning Day, Friday is Cleaning Day, Saturday is Baking Day and Sunday is a Day of Rest. In some rural communities (like the Amish) Monday is still wash day. For most of us, this routine is long gone, we wash, shop, sew, and bake whenever we choose.
I loved this peaceful scene of colorful dresses dancing in the breeze, on the clothes line in front of a pair of pristine white-washed barns. Sharing today with ‘Barn Charm 74,’ and ‘Homestead Barn Hop #51,’ and ‘Life in Pictures #31.’
Wonderful image Madge! Almost magical.
love this one, at first i thought how do the hangers stay on the line and not blow away, but realized it looks like a chain to hook them through. i love the flowing of the dresses and it has been many years since i have seen wash flapping on the lines. i remember but do not want to go back, since it was my job to hang them and bring them in and iron them.
what a cool piece of Americana.
The barns are cool – but the clothesline makes the picture.
I agree with Nicki, above – the barns are cool, but the laundry is the the attraction in the picture
Very good photo.
Regards and best wishes
I like how you just get the hint of color in the dresses against the white barns.
Love seeing laundry on the line…
I really love all things Amish. Great photo!
What a beautiful shot! I love it!
I always love seeing laundry hanging; in fact, I love to hang laundry when weather permits. One of my favorite jobs.
It’s funny to think about too, but these days with all the modern conveniences, non Amish, aka “English” can do the washing, cleaning and baking in one day. If you budget your time well, you can hit the market as well!
what a great shot. love the clothes blowing in the breeze. you can hear the wind. such a neat sight. miss those days of my childhood. (:
That is an ingenious clothes line they are using!
This is a beautiful shot with just the right light.
A quaint and nostalgic scene you captured Madge. Very sweet. :)
Madge-this is lovely! There’s a lot to be said for routine after all……..
~~Rain
oh i am so in love with this photo! 2 things i adore, clothes hanging on the line and barns….beautifully done!
Love the wash!
I love the white washed barn and the wash on the line.
I like this artsy shot, Madge!
Now that view right there reminds me of grandma’s place when I was a kid! Niiice view & smells oh so good w/ the clothes on the line! =)
Thank you so very much for sharing this w/ Barn Charm =)
LOVE!
Just wow-you should frame it-but I say that about most of your photos : )