Picture that smell

Ben was mowing the lawn tonight while wearing Henry in the Ergo carrier.  Both guys came back in the house during twilight and the little one was just inches away from sleep.  He needed a new dipe before bed, so Ben was changing him and I took the opportunity to smooch Henry's eyespot.  (In case you don't know, the eyespot is that lovely bit of skin between the outer eye and the temple.  I adore that spot.)  Henry had this magical scent combination of cut grass, a fresh orange peel, sunshine and fresh air.  Can you picture that smell?  Really it was heavenly and I wish I could bottle it and wear it all of the time.  Since the boy was so sleepy, I got a few more good sniffs in until I felt a little drunk and then Ben whisked him off to bed.

I guess bed is where I should be headed now but I keep breathing deeply trying to find that scent again.
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3 comments:

melissa said...

simply lovely.

Anonymous said...

gorgeous post :) thanks for sharing

Mama Hoot said...

I love this post. As I was rocking Grace to sleep yesterday I was smelling the side of her head and thinking of it. I couldn't capture Grace's wonderful smell in such an eloquent way though. Thanks for sharing!

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