Smell-ories
You know how some smells can take you back to a place and time? Or just in general, represent a season or holiday. Pine, fresh cut grass, chlorine, burning leaves, bbq etc. Smell can be one of the strongest memories we have.
Now I have a new one. Most everyone is familiar with that warm, sun-filled smell associated with taking your clothes off the line after they dried on a summer day. The smell: dry, warm, and fresh, almost like you can smell the sun. My new smell-orie is the opposite.
The fresh, cold, icy smell of taking my clothes off the line, when it is 10 below. They usually smell like a mix of frost, wind (i know wind doesn't REALLY smell), and smoke (from the chimney's around the neighborhood). But I love it. It's invigorating.
... and then, of course, comes the process of defrosting your clothes next to the fireplace. After all it is hard to wear jeans that are frozen shut.
Happy New Year, everyone! 2008!
Now I have a new one. Most everyone is familiar with that warm, sun-filled smell associated with taking your clothes off the line after they dried on a summer day. The smell: dry, warm, and fresh, almost like you can smell the sun. My new smell-orie is the opposite.
The fresh, cold, icy smell of taking my clothes off the line, when it is 10 below. They usually smell like a mix of frost, wind (i know wind doesn't REALLY smell), and smoke (from the chimney's around the neighborhood). But I love it. It's invigorating.
... and then, of course, comes the process of defrosting your clothes next to the fireplace. After all it is hard to wear jeans that are frozen shut.
Happy New Year, everyone! 2008!
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on Tuesday, January 01, 2008 at 2:04 PM.
