pegs | organised castle

Some people work to a plan for cleaning. It could be vacuuming on Monday, dusting on Tuesday and so on or a room at a time. Perhaps a schedule of things to do on a weekly or monthly basis.

I do not follow any set routine but tend to do things as required or more importantly, when I have time.

Today was one of those completely unexpected cleaning moments. I was hanging out washing and noticed that there was some debris in the peg bag which hangs on my laundry trolley. So I tipped all of the pegs into a bucket of soapy water and washed them. Then I emptied all of the dirt and a mud wasp nest out of the bag and washed it, too.

Here are the pegs spread out to dry on an old towel.

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You can see how much the fabric has faded even though the trolley and bag are always on the verandah out of the weather. The buttons were red originally as can be seen from the back of the button.

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The bag replaced on the handle of the trolley and filled with pegs.

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Some of the cane on the handle of the basket is broken and I am trying to decide how best to mend that. I will write a blog post about that when I get around to doing it.

We all know that “a stitch in time saves nine” and, being competent with the use of a sewing machine I regularly repair and refashion clothing and linen. However, from time to time I actually repair something else.

Last week we had a day of high wind and my clothes hanger blew down from the large hook under the verandah. When I picked it up I found that one of the spring-loaded pegs was missing.

It was in pieces – 2 on the floor of the verandah and one piece had blown over the edge. I collected up the bits and set to work to see if I could resurrect it.

With the aid of a small screwdriver to stretch the metal ring I got it back together.

Then it was a simple matter of re-attaching the peg to the metal clip.

It is now as good as new. I have seen these type of things for sale in Australia, however, I bought this one in Japan when we were there in 2009. It is just another example of how the Japanese have adapted to their limited space in so many ways. I find it very useful as I can hang it in a variety of places to catch whatever sun or breeze there is and it is a simple matter to bring it inside to dry things in front of the fire.