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    My parents lived in a house, north facing, with 180 degree water views. And they hung their washing in front of the front windows, blocking the view and visible from the street. This despite the fact that they had a large backyard with sunshine most of the day and a hills hoist. I thought that in strata I would be protected from such sights. There isn’t anything you can do in a house about where an owner puts their washing. I could imagine my parents neighbours having friends over and showing them their view “if you just look over there to the right past the flannette pajamas and night gown you can see the city skyline.

    Now my vista in not nearly as glamorous as my parents had. But none the less, I look out at some garden greenery and a couple of front doors. A neat and tidy outlook. That is when there is no washing hanging up there. In our complex we all have courtyards and our own individual clothes lines. Plus ample room for drying racks. And we are all in the same boat during winter and extended periods of wet weather. Most of us suffer with laundry hanging within our homes with multiple drying racks.

    When I lived in an apartment, I had a clothes rack on the balcony under the height of the railiing as did most residents. I could sit on my balcony and enjoy my outlook without having everyone’s washing in my line of view.

    When my parents home was sold, my mother wondered if I thought she would miss the view. Uhhhh, no. In fact, in her new home the view is the same. The washing is across the window that provides the view to her garden. But this time not visible from the street nor by neighbours.

    I am tempted to hang my washing for all my neighbours to see when the look out their front windows. Not the white cotton sheets but the old white t shirts that had greyed with stained armpits, underwear that has well and truly had its day and mismatched socks with holes at the toes. What a delightful sight to greet them when they open up their blinds in the morning .