They’re the only paddle concession up this creek, so they really take you to the cleaners. It’ll cost you the shirt off your back for just the economy model.
A somewhat enlarged image can be found at the only work, by this artist, so far, to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog (yesterday). Again, it is a cropped image of the full painting, found here.Women Washing Clothes by a Stream is, as far as I can tell, privately owned.But, given the number (number 156 in this list, and that’s just paintings in the U.S.) of such scenes painted by the artist (currently 78 of them, along with an artist bio, can be seen here), without an image, it’s just a guess.The artist’s Wikipedia page and collection (more under Subcategories).
When my grandmother was a little girl in Spain, she would have to take the family wash down to the local creek, wash it there and let the clothes dry on the rocks. If any were found dirty when she took them home, her mother would throw them all on the ground, stomp on them and make her take them back and do them over.Grandma said sometimes the women there would feel sorry for her and do the wash for her so she could go play with the other kids.And here I am using a computer on the Internet and currently using my automatic washer and dryer.A completely different world spanning just three generations.
cheap_day_return over 9 years ago
No, I’m going to wait for Maytag’s version.
Arianne over 9 years ago
They’re the only paddle concession up this creek, so they really take you to the cleaners. It’ll cost you the shirt off your back for just the economy model.
orinoco womble over 9 years ago
“We’re not ones to go around spreadin’ rumours.
Why really, we’re just not the gossipin’ kind.
No, you’ll never catch one of us repeatin’ gossip,
So you better be sure and listen close the first time."
Now…how many of our gentle readers can identify that?
Arianne over 9 years ago
Honest, I read all about it. If you keep up the isometric exercises, you’ll have to beat the guys off with a paddle.
jreckard over 9 years ago
The place: Birthington, PennsylvaniaThe time: Birthington’s washday
J Short over 9 years ago
…and they call this new game ping- pong.
cdward over 9 years ago
I think I’ll go with the Windows cleaner instead.
mabrndt Premium Member over 9 years ago
A somewhat enlarged image can be found at the only work, by this artist, so far, to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog (yesterday). Again, it is a cropped image of the full painting, found here.Women Washing Clothes by a Stream is, as far as I can tell, privately owned.But, given the number (number 156 in this list, and that’s just paintings in the U.S.) of such scenes painted by the artist (currently 78 of them, along with an artist bio, can be seen here), without an image, it’s just a guess.The artist’s Wikipedia page and collection (more under Subcategories).
orinoco womble over 9 years ago
“A jug of wine, a bar of soap, and thou…”
pcolli over 9 years ago
Is she scrubbing her clothes with a tortoise?
Helen Ferrieux over 9 years ago
Lady MacBeth: “Out, damned spot. Out I say”Lady MacDuff: “You should use the Super-Plus Night-time pads like me”
Ushindi over 9 years ago
When my grandmother was a little girl in Spain, she would have to take the family wash down to the local creek, wash it there and let the clothes dry on the rocks. If any were found dirty when she took them home, her mother would throw them all on the ground, stomp on them and make her take them back and do them over.Grandma said sometimes the women there would feel sorry for her and do the wash for her so she could go play with the other kids.And here I am using a computer on the Internet and currently using my automatic washer and dryer.A completely different world spanning just three generations.
mabrndt Premium Member over 9 years ago
Another work by this artist can be found here.