Clothesline Heaven

Here in New Hampshire we awoke this morning to really chilly temps (it was 28 overnight, but soon into the 30's by morning).  BUT, the sun was shining and the air was dry, so all I could think of was getting my laundry on the line!

Upon seeing me head for the door with my laundry basket in hand, my husband too quickly murmured something about "it's too cold out; they'll freeze."  Well, not true.  Remember learning about the process of diffusion in high school biology class?  No?  Diffusion is simply the movement, er, distribution, of a gas or liquid (among other types) from one place where it is in abundance to another place where it is not.  Think 'concentration'.  Now, that's a pretty basic explanation, but you catch my point, I'm sure.

The moisture in the sheets is more abundant than the moisture in the air.  So automatic wicking of the moisture in the sheets, outward to the air, will occur.  Doesn't matter if it's cold out.  Even if it were freezing cold out, laundry will dry provided there's less moisture in the surrounding air.  Yes, your sheets will be stiff, and it might be a little more difficult to ascertain whether they are truly dry or not, but they will dry if left long enough.  'Nuff said?

:~)