I Want To Smell Natural Things On A Regular Basis.

By John McLachlan

In my post Ten Romantic Reasons For Living Out Beyond the fifth reason I gave was that I wanted to smell natural things on a regular basis.

Some may think this is the same as my fourth reason which was about breathing fresh air, but there’s a difference here.

When you live in a city you really don’t detect many natural scents from living things unless you visit a park, and even then they are often dominated by other urban scents.

The scents in a rural setting become very pronounced and are, to me, extremely nourishing to the body and soul. Every place has its own special scents based on the climate, vegetation and geography.

On Hornby Island these include the sea air of course, the smell of bleached driftwood and seaweed, the fresh scent of the fir trees on forest walks, the scent of Nootka Roses in June, and one of my favourites of all, the scents that blow off the fields of brambles while walking along Shingle Spit Road, especially on summer evenings when the offshore breeze wafts the fragrant sweetness over my body.

Smelling wonderful scents is a great reason for living out beyond.

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Image above is by John McLachlan of a Cedar tree.