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The last several weeks have been pretty upside down for me. As such I haven’t kept up on the blog as I would like, which means I’ve neglected 10 on Tuesday several times in the last month or so. But this week’s spoke to me as soon as the e-mail arrived. Somehow I still didn’t get around to posting it on Tuesday. I have been thinking on it for some time and decided I should share it anyway, Friday be damned! Plus, I have some nice photos to go with them so it is kind of an eye candy Friday post too! I hope you enjoy!

1. Chai spices! I’m sure this is no surprise this made the list. Especially given my Wordless Wednesday post. Give me sweet spices to smell any day and I’ll be a happy woman - cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, even fennel and the not so sweet bay leaf. Sprinkle in some spicy fresh ginger. *heaven*

2. Fresh cut alfalfa, a scent I rarely smell since I almost never leave the city limits these days. Nor do I see many alfalfa fields around. Fresh cut grass will sort of do in a pinch.

3. Rain! Just about to fall as well as freshly falling. Or sun baked just after falling, like in the above photo. It is just so darn clean smelling!

4. Citrus! *love* *love* *love* Grapefruit and lime are probably my favorites and I don’t know which of those wins. But I like them all - orange, bergamont, lemon…

5. The overwhelmingly sweet iris blooms’ scent always reminds me of my grandmother. I’m not sure why. Perhaps because she was the one that had planted the bunch of them near the backdoor on the farm (where this pic was taken)? I believe she was more partial to the tiger lilies that were planted right outside the guest room windows.

6. Baking bread! Again, I’m sure this is no big surprise, LOL!

7. Coffee! I loved the smell of coffee long, long before I enjoyed drinking it. And when I started drinking it, I only drank the calorie laden fancy lattes and mochas. Now, I most often drink it black. I love the smell of the freshly roasted beans and of it brewing. Though I dislike the portion of the scent the lingers on your clothes when you return home from spending time in a shop that roasts their own.

8. Honeysuckle! I think this was one of the first flower scents I learned to identify and like. I used to use honeysuckle everything from Bath and Bodyworks ages ago and before that, from Vitabath. Again, it is kind of a sweet smelling flower. I’m sensing a theme I had never thought about before…

9. Basil! Fresh cut from the garden or freshly chopped into pesto. So yummy! The scent never fails to make me inhale deeply and smile!

10. Dirt! Freshly dampened and loamy earth, full of organic material and potential for future yummy and good smelling things to come. Which reminds me, I really need to inventory my seeds and get some started. We’re trading in the CSA of last summer for our own garden ala a few years ago and it is beyond time to get in gear on that!

There was definitely a theme that popped up. I also think it is extremely obvious that I’m ready for spring. Even though we’ve had a very mild winter I’ve felt the effects anyway and I’m ready. Just in time to spring ahead this weekend!

It has been a while since I participated in Ana’s Archive Dive, but take part I did today. The topic this week is Inspiration and I was reminded of a couple posts not so long ago about part of my creative process. I should revisit that here soon…

Have a good weekend, even if it is an hour shorter than normal ;-)