autumn scents.

I guess a lot of my posts have been about smells lately.
I don't think there is any other time of year that, in my own mind, is defined and encapsulated by smells.

• I have a perfume that is only worn during a cold spell in the fall and winter. Because any other time of year would not do it justice. So I'm cracking it open...
• I have been baking all afternoon. I am bringing dessert and pea salad to Chris's family Thanksgiving. So the smell of apple pies, pumpkin pies, punkin bread, and butter pecan spice cake have permeated my home. I love it! Makes all the effort well worth it!
• I actually burned up the small Yankee candle that I bought to match the one I got for La's house when it went up on the market. I had to go buy a bigger one today. Yankee Autumn Wreath - yummy, sweet spices.
• The smell of crisp cold air as it whips across your face.
• The faint smell of smoke whistling from crackling fireplaces lit for the cold snap.
• There is no better companion for the smells that are fall than the warmth that accompanies baking.
• The only smell that is going to be missing from our holiday home is the smell of a fresh Christmas tree - allergies are too prevalent in my family to subject our loved ones to the real thing.

Those smells have become a part of the magic of the holidays for me. Today, the holidays are alive and well in our home! I just love it!