One nice thing about the East Coast
Posted by Nathaniel.
Yesterday was the first hot day of the year here in Baltimore, and it wasn’t actually particularly hot or humid, just a quick taste of what summer will eventually be like.
There was one really nice thing though, the smell of the air as the sun was going down. On the East Coast, I notice sort of a characteristic smell, it’s a mix of humidity, old leaves, growing trees, assorted flowering plants and it all comes together to smell like goodness. It’s the same reaction that I have to baking cookies or fresh bread.
Very different from the smell in the woods out in Alaska which is more of just “pine.”
May 28th, 2008 at 10:19 pm Using
I was getting lilac-y goodness last night, which is odd, though, since the lilacs have come and gone a few weeks ago. Must’ve actually been something else. I’m getting a lot of cedar right now.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:25 pm Using
I do know what you mean Nathaniel about the summer/earthy/planty smell. Good times. Hmmm. We have lots of nice dry ‘cactus-fresh’-scented air, if anybody wants some.
That said, having ocean-smell a 15 minute bike ride away is pretty sweet. I just need to get over there more often.