SMELLS I LIKE

I was driving down the road the other day and passed an industry off to the side of the road.  It was a company that makes railroad cross ties.  From this industry came the smell of creosote.  I slowed down and took in the smell.  As I did the thought came to me that I needed to make a  list.  So here is a list I’ve put together.  It’s in no particular order, and has absolutely no spiritual significance.  So if you don’t like my list, make your own.  Here are smells that I like:

Creosote

Leaves, rotting in the woods in the fall

Taboo – perfume

Hot chocolate chip cookies right from the oven

Coal burning in a pot belly stove

Salt water and the Gulf of Mexico beach

Baby powder

Cedar lumber

Pine kindling

Bio-silk

A library

Freshly ground coffee

Rich Chilton County dirt just after plowing

The smell of wood burning in a fire place

Leather

Apple cider simmering on the stove at Christmas

 

If you aren’t familiar with some of these smells, take some time and smell them for yourself. You might just find something that will make you smile.