There's not a lot flowering in our garden right now. The nicest part of the garden is the vegetable patch because that's where these beauties are.
That's right! Sweet peas. I plant these every year but I don't always get such a lot of color. Or scent. This is a great year and these blooms have a strong, carrying scent. Anywhere when I'm harvesting, I can enjoy them.
It's funny about the sense of smell. I couldn't imagine the scent of sweet peas or the aroma of apple pie baking. Not the way I can a sound or a touch. But I sure recognize smell a lot faster than I do sounds. I wonder why that is?
Oh, I promised some fruit, too. It's no wonder I thought of apple pie...this is the first year we've had any crop - at all - from our little Cox's Orange Pippin. This year, I think we will be able to fill a medium sized basket. Isn't it a pretty apple?
Envious, I am so envious! Enjoy your harvest!
ReplyDeleteI love the smell of sweet pea, but never remember to plant them!
ReplyDeleteYour apple looks great, very healthy. Mine are all small this year, and a lot are diseased. When I say "a lot", I mean about 25%, so about 3 of our total of 12!!
The reason that we recognize smell a lot faster than we do sounds is because the "smell" area in the brain is right beside the memory area, so they are very closely linked.
Smell is a very powerful way of evoking childhood memories too! Now those, I can inagine, e.g. freshly mowed hay!
I love sweetpeas and haven't grown them in ears. I really need to put them in again. Just thinking of them carries the rich sweet fragrance to me.
ReplyDeleteSo, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI like Cox's Orange very much; it's an allround apple.
ReplyDeleteI too like you telling memories, houses you have been living in, and not to forget your mothers fur ;-)
Have a great weekend!