Favorite Smells

Today Emily goes to infusion clinic to have her dressing changed over her PICC line. We have to do this once a week to keep the area clean and free of germs. But ripping the bandages off Emily can be irritating and stinky (the adhesive remover doesn’t smell that great).

While Emily was giving me that, “Mom, I HATE ripping this tape off my arm,” look, I decided maybe we should have a discussion about something fun so Emily could be distracted. So we (Emily’s nurse, the clinic nurse, and myself) decided to talk about our most embarrassing moments. Ha! What a time we had with that subject! We were laughing so hard that Emily wasn’t paying any attention to the tape ripping business.

For the bandage ripping theme today maybe we can talk about our favorite smells. Here are some of mine.

1. Wood chips in a logging camp or lumber mill. Just down the road from where I live there is some sort of logging transfer yard. From the smell of it they must de-bark the logs on the lot. There are huge piles of log chips as well as stacks of logs. I love to drive by there with my windows down.

2. Wood smoke from a camp fire. I love the smell of it on my clothing (as long as my clothes aren’t on fire) as well as in the air. We have often gone camping with our large 5th-wheel trailer. And even though we have the amenities that a trailer gives, I always enjoy sitting around the campfire. Here in western Washington it is not always possible to sit around the campfire because rain is often a camper’s companion. But when we do I tend to close my eyes and just savor the campfire smell.

3. The smell of the forest, pine mostly. I have always enjoyed walking through the forest, especially after a rain. The trees drink up the moisture and give off the most delicious smells. There’s nothing like the smell of a pine forest all fresh, green, and growing.

Do you see a trend here? I probably wouldn’t survive living in a treeless area, and definitely not in a desert!

What are some of your favorite smells?

Thanks for listening ~