In this summer of one teaching trip after another, a highlight was most definitely my long weekend at Squam. As soon as we pulled off the interstate, I rolled down all the windows, hanging my head out like a golden retriever, smiling and breathing deep to smell the air.
In the summer, New York City smells like, well, it doesn't smell good. At all. If you've never visited New York, please don't make your first trip in the summer. And if you're wondering why all the travel for me in the warm months, read backwards.
To breathe fresh air is such a delight. To breathe fresh air that smells like pine? Even better. I was excited when Michelle asked me to host a giveaway of the latest Squam shop offering...a portable pine escape! Heather Renz's beautiful handmade sachet's are in the Squam shop until mid August. Put one in your drawer for a woodsy escape every morning, or leave it under your pillow to dream sweet woodsy dreams. Leave a message here describing your favorite summertime smell, and I'll draw a winner Tuesday night, July 17th.
My favorite summer smell? Hands down
it's a cottage......in a pine woods.
P.S.
For another chance to win, (hurry, ends Saturday!) check out my friend and fellow Squam teacher Jessica's blog.
P.S.S.- to read more about the sachets, and see Michelle's video, check out the
Squam blog.
*************Random.org picked #4,
so A+S, a Pine Sachet is coming your way! I'll pass your info on to Squam's Elizabeth, and she'll tuck it in the mail to you soon. Congrats!
I love these...I was given one from the Maine woods around Christmas time and it's getting...tired. I put it over my third eye at naptime and dream fanstatic!
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ReplyDeleteI think my favorite summer smell is clothes just taken off of the clothesline-- when they still have the warmth of the sun on them. and roses, too.
The smell of a dirt road after a summer rain shower. I especially love this in Northern zmichigan when I head out to look for Petosky stones - the best time to find them is after it rains. Lovely give awayy! My email is jzlpbc@aol.com
ReplyDeletemmm I love the smell of coppertone sunscreen. Sometimes when i'm in the store i'll just go up to a bottle and squeeze it to breath in the scent. weird i know,but oh so good :)
ReplyDeleteI love the way tomato plants smell. :-)
ReplyDeleteOddly enough (or perhaps not), my favorite scent is that of pine needles while hiking in the mountains.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the earth smells after a gentle rain and grass just after it has been mowed. Ahhhhh summer!
ReplyDeleteah to have the smell of 'squam' in my back pocet to remind of the all the goodness that squam brings.. delightful. i miss the smell of 'squam' cottages...
ReplyDeletethe smell of cut grass! so lovely! and even a memory of lilacs as a child which do not grow here in florida...
ReplyDeletethank you for the giveaway.
Freshly mowed grass mixed with honeysuckle. Reminds me of home on the farm in Mississippi. Oh how I miss it!
ReplyDeleteFreshly cut and baled hay, stacked in the barn loft. It smells sweet and fresh and it makes me feel good to know I can feed my sheep well through the winter.
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