Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
Once in a while mother would bake hundreds of oatmeal raisin cookies and we would smell them before we even got to the house after school. She stored them in a huge can and they lasted a long time but not as long as they should have. Still none of them were as good as the first day when they were hot and fresh and drifting on the sweet smell.
Fresh baked bread, and I do like the outdoors smell of freshly cut grass and believe it or not the earth has a comforting odor in the warm dirt as you work with it when planting.
Favourite smell is clothes and sheets dried on the line in hot sunshine on a windy day. Close second is salty ocean air. Then vanilla and almost anything baking in the oven, from dinners to cakes and cookies.
Honeysuckle wafted on a breeze in early summer. It is my all time favorite thing to smell. I was surprised last May to find out that my grandson shares my enthusiasm.
I am missing freshly ground coffee. I used to order Jamaican Me Crazy coffee beans but the place I got them went out of business and other brands don't match.
Just washed laundry hanging to dry. Clean sheets on the bed.
I love most of the things others mentioned, too. The smell of coffee brewing, most anything baking. I would love to smell orange blossoms - sounds heavenly. Love this post.
It has been amazing hasn't it Lynn? So many lovely reminders of special scents. I did so love crawling into a bed of sunshine sheets. Wish I had a clothes line but Ron took it down because he didn't like mowing around it.
Once in a while mother would bake hundreds of oatmeal raisin cookies and we would smell them before we even got to the house after school. She stored them in a huge can and they lasted a long time but not as long as they should have. Still none of them were as good as the first day when they were hot and fresh and drifting on the sweet smell.
ReplyDeleteOranges and orange blossoms.
ReplyDeleteI love to stick cloves in an orange and wrap a piece of net around it to hang at Christmas time.
DeleteI can't name it, but it would be the smell of my husband after he leaves the pillow.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful answer.
DeleteThat is very true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, they all are:-)
DeleteFresh baked bread, and I do like the outdoors smell of freshly cut grass and believe it or not the earth has a comforting odor in the warm dirt as you work with it when planting.
ReplyDeleteI am guessing you are the only one who will say dirt.
DeleteRoses and gardenias, I never get tired of those
ReplyDeleteBrings back memories of my best friend who always brought me gardenias.
DeleteCinnamon bread/rolls. Mmmm
ReplyDeleteOh so hard to resist. Now my mouth is watering.
DeleteFavourite smell is clothes and sheets dried on the line in hot sunshine on a windy day. Close second is salty ocean air. Then vanilla and almost anything baking in the oven, from dinners to cakes and cookies.
ReplyDeleteI remember running through the sheets hanging on the line and mother warning me not to get them dirty.
DeleteFresh baked bread can make me hungry when I have just eaten. Leg of lamb can make me drool.
ReplyDeleteI have never had leg of lamb:-(
DeleteBacon.
ReplyDeleteBacon ran a close second to my choice of oatmeal cookies.
DeleteRain-washed air.
ReplyDeleteYou have me remembering that smell from my childhood.
Deletehmmmm.....freshly buttered hot popcorn. Brownies baking.
ReplyDeleteBut most of all, the smell of orange blossoms on the tree, in the evening or early morning.
Eating popcorn with brownies baking and smelling orange blossoms...what could be better?
DeleteHoneysuckle wafted on a breeze in early summer. It is my all time favorite thing to smell. I was surprised last May to find out that my grandson shares my enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteHoneysuckle memories. Loved to pull out the stem carefully and eat that magic drop of honey.
DeleteSpring flowers of any kind. Entering a flower shop and smelling the roses (so few have fragrance these days) takes me out of my winter slump.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about the lack of fragrance these days. Why is that?
DeleteOld Spice aftershave. It reminds me of my Dad.
ReplyDeleteOh yes...reminds me of my dad also. In later years he changed to Aqua Velva but I always loved Old Spice best.
DeleteHmmmmmm.....the smell of rain on a parched ground. There's nothing quite like that beautiful scent.
ReplyDeleteFreshly-ground coffee is a pretty good aroma, too.
The ocean...can't beat that, either...
Oh...the list goes on... :)
I am missing freshly ground coffee. I used to order Jamaican Me Crazy coffee beans but the place I got them went out of business and other brands don't match.
DeleteJust washed laundry hanging to dry. Clean sheets on the bed.
ReplyDeleteI love most of the things others mentioned, too. The smell of coffee brewing, most anything baking. I would love to smell orange blossoms - sounds heavenly. Love this post.
It has been amazing hasn't it Lynn? So many lovely reminders of special scents. I did so love crawling into a bed of sunshine sheets. Wish I had a clothes line but Ron took it down because he didn't like mowing around it.
DeleteLavender! I have oil. The ones I put in the garden never bloomed... uSED TO LOVE POPCORN UNTIL i COULDN'T CHEW IT ANY MORE.
ReplyDeleteWOOPS DIDN'T MEAN TO YELL...HOW IRONIC
ReplyDeleteAlas, I've lost a lot of my sense of smell. I do love the smell of yellow ginger and roses though. And pine trees... aaaahhhh....
ReplyDeleteThe awesome aroma of spices & yes freshly made coffee !
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