its raining today~hard, and opening the back door the smell of rain, wet soil and grass was wonderful
the sky has been getting darker and darker and its so much like autumn i can almost smell it. the birds are going crazy in the garden and i have the back door wide open to let that fresh, wet smell and very slight chill drift through the house.
autumn...
i cant wait, i long for those long dark nights and waking up in the morning knowing i can can wear the many layers i love, without wondering if the sun will blaze and i become too hot...
...the fallen leaves covering the ground, for here in the forest we have no council worker coming and sweeping them up and taking them away. they fall and stay where they are until humans, ponies, cows or donkeys wander through them...or of course the pigs come to root through them for food to to make a nice bed to pass the dark hours.
some people till sweep them up and burn them on bonfires in their gardens~creating the next best smell of autumn...a proper leaf and twig made bonfire.
oh my word
if we are driving along and i see the twining smoke of a bonfire drifting across the road, the window is opened and that wonderful smell drifts in...a true autumn smell...
and that particular smell of autumn...one of the most wonderful...
i find myself having to have doors and windows wide open, in the house and when we are out in pippin~to let the smells drift in.
of course not when we are on a busy road!
but to get out of the village we have to either drive through the forest or across the high heathland...
and that smell, the smell that is all autumn