Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Wild Aroma (Revised)

Why is it that everything in the country smells so much better than the city?    Even the gross stuff like:

  • A distant skunk (Up close they are worse than anything the city has to offer.)
  • Cleaning the stalls in the barn
  • A dead carcass in the road border.

And the good smells are amazing:

  • Alfalfa just mowed
  • The difference between a fresh picked corn field vs a fresh picked bean field
  • Fresh rain steaming on the hot summer earth
  • Bacon and coffee from a nearby farm house

People are blamed, and rightfully so, for adding a lot of negative things to the environment.   The smell of fresh brewed coffee or sizzling bacon will never be one of those negative things.

Of course I can only wonder about the hundreds of smells Patience and Violet sense daily during their entire walk.    My weak olfactory misses that special experience.


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