Image from www.greenviewblog.comAs I was walking into work this morning, the landscaping people were outside mowing the grass around my office building. As I walked past one of them on a lawnmower, my senses were filled with the smell of fresh cut grass. And it made me smile.
There are many smells of the Spring and Summer that just make me so happy, and the smell of grass is one of them. You might think I'm crazy, but I also love the smell of freshly dug dirt. It always reminds me of when I was growing up. My dad would rototill the garden and other parts of the yard, and us kids would walk behind him with bare feet, feeling the soft, overturned earth under our feet and in between our toes. I'm not quite sure why we loved it so much, but that is such a happy memory from my childhood, and the smell of dirt always reminds me of that.
I have tales of New York to write about, but I am still working on getting all of my pictures together. It may not be very exciting, but I need to get it all down soon before I forget everything. So stay tuned!!
1 comment:
ahhh, the smell of dirt. Yes, that too is one of my favorite smells. What a great childhood--to be entertained by playing in freshly dug dirt. Yep, we had it good! Last summer Jana and I were out walking and the city was working on adding to the sports complex. They had just dug up a big area of dirt. I had to stop and inhale all I could...it was delicious! Jana thought I was strange. It really does bring back memories, and good memories at that :)
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