Saturday:) Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Summer

10 Sep

“Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. The odors of fruits waft me to my southern home, to my childhood frolics in the peach orchard. Other odors, instantaneous and fleeting, cause my heart to dilate joyously or contract with remembered grief. Even as I think of smells, my nose is full of scents that start awake sweet memories of summers gone and ripening fields far away.” ― Helen Keller

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As I write this, my kitchen is filled with the delightful smell of cooling brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and peanut putter cookies. I will report on their dispersement tomorrow, but for today, I revel in the aroma.

Saturdays are usually a quiet lonely time for me, but not today. I have the company of my furry friend, Bella. My neighbor Diane and I walked dogs this morning, then went to lunch at Chili’s. I am so stuffed, I have had no desire to even sample the cookies that will find their way to my local fire stations.

Then, to put frosting on the proverbial cake, my neighbor across the street texted, asking if I wanted to go to dinner and or a movie tonight. I suggested we run down to the Square for Second Saturday, and enjoy the live music at Sweet Spot Bakery and stroll around, checking out the night life.

So, what is normally a quiet boring Saturday is turning into a shuffle bustle “do the hustle” kinda day. I love it.

Sights and sounds (clouds floating by, ducks quacking in the pond)

Let’s not forget tastes and smells (lunch)