Thursday Thirteen #12

Well it has been gorgeous out here in Orygon the last couple of days. WARM! In May! Stunning! I love summer. It is by far my most favorite season. Some of my favorite smells come are tied to summertime and that got me started on today's 13. Now these are in no particular order and this is by far not all of them, but here we have 13 of my favorite smells!

1. Cut Grass - It just smells so much better in the summer. Particularly sweetgrass or hay. Love it.

2. Rain on hot pavement - By far one of my all time favorite smells on the entire planet.

3. Sulfur from fireworks - I love the 4th of July. I was denied fireworks as a child by my Virgo Nurse mother. She stood by me and my sparklers with a hose. I kid you not. Now I am a pyro on the 4th. Bigger! Louder! Illegal! Wait...that sounds like my sex life with the Ex Boyfriend Variety. Georgia sex laws are so archaic...

4. Poison, Drakkar Noir, and sweat mixed - See #3

5. Fresh ground coffee beans - I love the smell of brewing coffee but standing over a grinder and smelling fresh ground coffee is Mana of the Gods.

6. Peonies - My favorite flower

7. Laundry hot from the dryer - Ahh Downy.

8. The Ocean - I love the ocean. I like the brisk smell of our oceans here in Oregon, but I admit I like the softer version you get in the summer or in tropical locations.

9. Books - New crisp books, old musty books...you name it I love the way they smell. Books are the bestest.

10. Hot Tar - Another of my favorite smells. It reminds me of childhood. For some reason there was always tarring going on of the roads by my grandparents house.

11. Pine - Especially at Christmas time.

12. The way it smells outside in the evening on a humid day when things cool off- Boy is that a hard one to describe! If you could smell it when I smelt it you would know what I mean.

13. Lavender - Another of my favorite smells. I would love to live in a french lavender field. Like this!

Illuminate The NOs On Their Vacancy Signs

While I truly hate the song Soul Meets Body, I have to admit that I Will Follow You Into The Dark is one of the prettiest songs I have ever heard. What with that and Crooked Teeth there might be hope for Death Cab yet.

Ah the 4th of July. Nationalism, Patriotism, Jingoism. That's a hell of a lot of isms. I love the fireworks, and I like the idea behind what our country stands for. Just wish we actually stood for it more often, ya know? It's like unions...great in theory, shit in reality. There's a line to piss off the bluecollar forces.

At work here. Just doing 4 hours and then I have errands to run. Finally took back all of my bottles and cans to the recycle spots. Managed to get 10 bucks back. Not bad. I am heading to mom's later to look at the remodel and then to Dead Fred's to get groceries and a plant to replace the one I killed. Methinks a rubber tree plant like the one I have in the other corner. That one I have yet to kill. /knock wood

I dunno if we will have fireworks in Hillsboro since we have the airshow coming up the 15th and 16th. I know we have them Saturday night during the show. Caps off a weekend of having F-18s flying over my house! Seriously, the sonic boom is most impressive. You can count the rivets on those planes they fly so low.

Alrighty...nicotine calls and then coloring. Yippy!