Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

22 deg here currently @Faith-and-Hope
Feels quite chilly after the past few weeks.

Sounds heavenly to me @Former-Member ....

Still trying to get used to the wonky weather around here. We are having cold mornings followed by hot, muggy afternoons.

Hi @Determined ...... hi @Former-Member if you’re about ..... 👋

Brace yourself for a melb winter @Faith-and-Hope. Enjoy the warmth while it lasts.

Thanks for the heads-up @Catcakes @Smc .....

We have been here for winter before, but only for a week or so at a time ..... still, I was trying to prepare for wet winter coats by repurposing a lovely wardrobe-style rack that I had bought to stand in our bathtub (as we have no balcony or back yard access and need somewhere to dry clothes for 5 people) .... it didn’t fit ..... and it only didn’t fit at the point of its feet cos the bathtub slopes dramatically at that point (being otherwise quite square) ...., so I put it into the entry space thinking to house the winter jackets as they came in wet through the door ..... and the wet winter shoes (cos there is a rack for those in the bottom of the rack) ..... but no .....

Mr.f&h was having none of that, and it has been dumped unceremoniously back into the bathtub (you will remember that it doesn’t fit) where it is currently tilted against the bathroom wall ..... and hanging wet clothes on it as it is will miss that bathtub and leak all over the floor ......

Bring on the winter rains, I say ..... and we can have wet clothes and shoes in the front hall too .....

:face_with_rolling_eyes:😏

He is quite the interior designer your MrF&H
@Faith-and-Hope...
Have you seen those PVC covered racks that hand over the back of a door?
I’ve been using them for years to hide wet stuff while drying. Very handy.

I have had that sort of rack @Catcakes ..... and the man doth protest those too .....

I have been hanging the wet (dripping) clothes in the shower from the shower-head until they have stopped dripping. I am hand washing all my clothes cos mr. has a wash load a day of his own to go through the washer-dryer ..... so trying to get family wash through as well, plus the household linen ..... well .... all part of our issues.

I would love one of those wooden clothes horses @Smc ..... but guess who wouldn’t ..... 😏

Methinks you could try and negotiate your own laundry days @Faith-and-Hope... alternatively, where I lived last year , close to the city , my favourite cafe had a laundromat next door 😊👍🏼
I can just see you sipping coffee in your knickers, sketching Victorian terrace houses while your clothes get washed 😊