smell of the south

As I'm walking around Hot Springs, Arkansas today, I am struck by the scents that linger in the air - magnolias, jasmine, rain. Growing up in the dry air of Alaska, I was wonderfully surprised by the abundance of smells in the air in the south! It must be the humidity that lets the scents linger in the air... something that we really don't experience in Alaska.

Down here in the south - especially in the warmer months - the air is filled with armoas! Jasmine, narcosis, magnolias, honeysuckle... the list goes on and on! There is something magical for me about stepping out of the dry air conditioning into the warm damp air - having my nostrils filled with warm moist scented air! Even just the aroma of damp earth makes my heart jump... just one more wonderful part of the south!