Remember When

My mind has gone back to laundry day again.

I am remembering the “clothes horse.”

Do you remember the winter days of hanging clothing on the reliable clothes horse?

I am sure that many homes were like mine and the clothes horse took up residence over the furnace grate on laundry day.

This was days prior to the clothes dryer but worked very well.

Most of us also remember that old furnace grate and they are still seen at the bottom of the porch steps at many country homes.

We probably think of them of mud scrapers or just dirt collectors.

Not all homes had a floor grate for heat circulation, but for those that did found hanging clothes so much more enjoyable on laundry day than those that had to hang items outside to freeze dry. Maybe someone can help me out.

Where did we stand those frozen items to warm up?

I can’t imagine folding sheets that were dried that way.