Summer Thoughts So Far | Perfume Posse
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Ah, August. Boy, is the weather weird. One day it’s really warm and sunny; next we’re on the edge of a storm and rain comes and goes but isn’t in the forecast. It’s sleep-inducing weather. I can hear the dog making dream noises as I write.
We’re sort of half way through summer so I thought I’d do a vague examination of things I’ve noted.
What of this summer? Beyond marking time by which house task I’ve managed to accomplish…
- I’ve noticed far fewer rabbits this year. Which is odd because a number of the big fields haven’t been touched (ie, mowed), leaving them lots of cover (I’ve stood at the edges looking for movement – nothing). Even in the decaying farm — which developers having been buying and then re-selling over the past eight years — which used to be one of their fave hangouts, the numbers are way down. And I haven’t seen very many baby bunnies. Maybe the weather…
- I was reminded we’re now in tourist season after Tom’s post last week in which his car was damaged by some useless woman. Here, during school hols, strange things happen on the roads and I remind myself to go out early or late or take public transport. Things like people crashing into the car in front of them because they are ooing and ahing over the cow in the field and neglect to notice the SUV in front of them has stopped. Then, the single road in and out of the coast will be stopped for hours while things are sorted out. Usually on one of the hottest days of the year.
- The brown fig tree, next to the recalcitrant jasmine (apparently that jasmine really is a grumpy plant, according to the garden centre women), has got its grow on this year. Loads of figs. I’ve read that figs don’t have a long enough season of hot weather to ripen here but this summer’s been like the Mediterranean. So, we may get lucky. I’m thinking about fig jam …
- With the braces food has become a bit of a chore. As I think I mentioned almost no bread (I’ve discovered that if I cut bagels into baby-sized pieces I can eat the outstanding one I discovered recently – in fact, to mark the onset of August it was an everything bagel with Emmental and a hash brown, and a superlative iced latte).
- I have been gravitating towards a small number of perfumes due to the weather. And oddly that has not included my cheap as chips cologne. Rather, the re-emerged Strange Invisible Perfumes Magazine Street has seen a lot of wear. As has Serge Lutens Dompteuse and Le Labo Ylang 49. The sample of Clinique Aromatics Elixir from alityke gets taken out on grey, heavy, close, humid days sprayed sparingly. Even Arpege – which is so not this season. And each time I spray a smidge of Neela Vermeire Eshal I’m more convinced a bottle will come my way in the future.
So, how about you if you’re experiencing summer (Portia: winter thoughts?) – how has your summer unfolded so far? Have you noticed something specific out of the ordinary?
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