Friday, October 19, 2012

Les parfums de la nuit

Three months ago there was epic heat. Six months ago spring came 2 months early.  Now we are headlong into leaves and fall rains. Strike that. More than ample rain and leaves.

Have you noticed that winter doesn't really smell like anything and that fall smells so much? Such a difference between now and and those early days of the year- or early spring for that matter.  We are right on the water - ocean - bay and there was the clear hint of the summer's water going back to winter clear the other day...we could smell the salt....bits, whisps of scents... and in the evening....night perhaps....perfumes...
 
Sometimes we envy our pets their sense of smell. The "madelines and tea" of Proust, the kitchen on Thanksgiving morning, the woods after a rain - so many things that are big and obvious but our pets; well they smell in nuance and remember in detail.  Wish we were that lucky and that sharp.
 

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