Laundry, Laundry Everywhere

The Roberts family, in order to avoid the Putsi Flies and in the absence of a dryer, have resorted to hanging laundry wherever we can find a spot!

  

Here in Zambia we have Putsi Flies which like to lay eggs on damp clothing.  The larvae will hatch when in contact with the warmth of your body and burrough into the skin.  You then develop what looks like a big zit, but when you squeeze it, out comes a worm!!  

Because of this, if you must hang your laundry out to dry (which we do because our dryer has been backordered for a month!) then it all has to be ironed to kill any putsi eggs.  It's very time consuming to have to iron everything you wash - including underwear - so we've resorted to hanging some of our laundry inside!  Those bars on the windows sure do come in handy!