The
weather has been getting much warmer lately and it is only a matter of time
before we begin seeing the green leaves peek out from the stark brown branches.
Even the grass seems to be returning to life as the sun slowly warms the soil.
It is a comfortable time of year when the windows begin opening and the breeze
whips through the windows of cars.
It
is also the time of year when the seasonal smells begin filling your nostrils. Not
the floral and earthy aromas of midseason but the transitional wafts that make
you question the seasonal change. They make you long for the scentless season
that has just come to a bitter end and make you eager to move things along to
the hot and sweaty sweltering summers.
I
began my commute home with the windows down, the heat off, and the radio just
loud enough to hear above the din of the wind. The pace of the drive was like
any other day with the occasional slowing down and speeding up (because no one
understands the concept of constant speed) and weaving in and out of traffic
(including right in front of me) of the mindless drivers in a hurry to advance
three car lengths before their exit. With the aroma of spring asphalt flowing
freely I noticed the sharp olfactory notes of cars that have experienced a
particularly rough winter.
As
I arrived home this evening I was confronted by one of those smells that is
stuck in the middle of the change. While the flower beds looked very clean and aesthetically
pleasing, the full bodied and bold fog of feces seemed to wrap around my head,
permeate my clothes, and leave my nose clogged with the perfume of poo. Nothing
like spending your evening in a sealed off apartment (we are on the first floor
with the pile of poo chips just on the other side of our wall) smelling like a
cow fart trying to get work done at your computer.
However,
the welcoming scents and sounds will soon fill the air as grass is cut, trees
are trimmed and chipped, and the rain steams on the pavement. These are the
smells that I am looking forward to and what I wait for every year. Fill the
air with thunder and the clouds with lightening following a day when the grass
has been cut and I could just sit back, relax, and enjoy the sensory experience
of the season. But, until that time, I am stuck here sniffing turds.
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