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aamusedinatx) wrote2005-12-26 08:31 am
aamusedinatx) wrote2005-12-26 08:31 am
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Happy Holidays continues...
It's now Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and the festivities continue on through the New Year. I woke this morning to weak sunshine, a noticeable improvement over yesterday's rain. It was actually raining rather hard when I went to bed last night. During that last break in the weather, as I walked the Dork dog, I was also breathing in the wonderful scents. My neighborhood is filled with blooming things. It's an old neighborhood and so it is filled with houses which maintain a number of gardens and landscaped yards.
Jasmine and mexican sage are in profuse bloom right now and are the most prevalent scents. Camellias are blooming and some late lavender and rosemary too. You can smell the Eucalyptus trees as well as the lemon and orange trees now heavy with fruit.
Underneath the waft of all of those scents is something much more constant; damp earth. That may sound funny to you. Dirt? She likes the smell of dirt? Yes, actually I do. There is something anchoring and rich about the smell of good soil. That magnifies when it is wet with rain.
I won't lie, I'm really not much of a gardner. I can grow herbs, a few plants, but mostly what I do is dig my bare hands into the dirt, breathe deep and let it play across my skin. I need to do that soon. I haven't done so in far too long.
Jasmine and mexican sage are in profuse bloom right now and are the most prevalent scents. Camellias are blooming and some late lavender and rosemary too. You can smell the Eucalyptus trees as well as the lemon and orange trees now heavy with fruit.
Underneath the waft of all of those scents is something much more constant; damp earth. That may sound funny to you. Dirt? She likes the smell of dirt? Yes, actually I do. There is something anchoring and rich about the smell of good soil. That magnifies when it is wet with rain.
I won't lie, I'm really not much of a gardner. I can grow herbs, a few plants, but mostly what I do is dig my bare hands into the dirt, breathe deep and let it play across my skin. I need to do that soon. I haven't done so in far too long.