Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Sitting lady

this statue is along the main street close to our apartment. it is a war monument, called the sitting lady, but i do not exactly know why it is associated with WWII (it was placed may 4th 1957. not at exactly this location, but somewhere close). in the back a woman just finished hanging laundry from the balcony. i was afraid she would think i was taking pictures of her, but i think she didnt notice. i actually was sort of taking pictures of her, i thought it was interesting together with this sitting lady.
many people around here hang their laundry from the balcony like this. until recently i only hung it on the balcony, but this week i tried the above method. as it hangs more freely, it dries faster. buuuttt... i am always afraid that i drop some of the laundry in the nieghbors garden (not freely accessible), or that the wind will blow it off the rack... if you look downstairs, you do see several pieces of laundry in various gardens..... some people hang out entire blankets and mattress covers, so they partially hang in front of their downstairs neighbors balcony, isnt that weird?!

5 comments:

Jack said...

I immediately noticed that the woman hanging laundry kind of echoes the statue. In the USA, there is a small trend toward hanging laundry outside, although in many places there are town or city ordinances against it. I think it would be OK out in the country if one had a back yard that is not very visible, but doing it from apartment balconies and covering other people's windows is not cool.

biebkriebels said...

Nice composition with the laundry lady. This is exactly what I do too, but my sheets hang in front of my own window.

Lois said...

I haven't hung laundry outside in years, but I do remember how good it smelled when you took it in. I like the statue. I was thinking how lucky that woman is to have it right outside her balcony.

Stefan Jansson said...

All you have to do if and when they spot you is wave back at them.

That is a bit weird.

Kay said...

I don't think I'd care to have my neighbor's laundry flapping in front of my windows, yet another reason I'm happy to live without neighbors above or below.