I Love the Smell of the Woods

Ever since I installed a wood-burner to get me through the winter, I have kept a tradition of going out into the forest at dusk to forage deadwood. I like the feeling of a place that is returning to nature - even though some of the...

I have only been in the woods a few times. I love walking or driving in and feeling the change in atmosphere. The cooler wetter air, the smell of sweet, damp earth, hearing the birds in the trees. The lush green and the feeling of...

I love everything about the woods, but especially the way they smell so.... green.  There is a sense of being at home there, surrounded by living things and all of it seems to be carried in the scent of forest.  It fills me...

Just so much oxygen it's easier to breath and fresh and clean and oh I just love it, especially after a rain storm has gone through. Oh but not the bugs... hate the bugs. YUCK!

You can actually smell things growing I think. It is getting a nature high and that's a great high to have.
 Any one up for camping?? Hee Hee...

It's late fall... the leaves look as if a paintbrush dipped in watercolor dragged across their veined surfaces. I look upward to admire them and find myself getting dizzy with delight. Under foot, the ground is soft...I sink slowly into...

Many days on my walks or bikes into the woods near our home I occasional catch a waft of natural ozone.  the smell is quite rare and the air is usually calm but drifting through the near motionless air the ozone is quite noticeable...

The scent of my childhood. Makes me happy.

its so peaceful yet it feels accient.that it as seen many things chage over time but still remains the same. that it is so quiet yet full of active of the creatures that live their. that right after it rains it has the scent of the...

The smell of pine and spruce and damp earth and sunshine, all combine to create a feel of comfort and peace.

When I was small, my folks would let me roam around all over the place.  We lived very near the woods.  At that time, it was unheard of that grown ups would abuse, steal, or do much of anything to a kid.  From about 4...

When everything is alive and growing, it feels like being part of a gigantic living community...morning, noon and night!

MY WIFE AND I USED TO COME TO THIS PARK WITH THE DOGS AND THE FOSTER KIDS, AND WOULD ALWAYS COMMENT ON HOW SWEET THE AIR SMELLED.
NOW WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SMELL THAT SMELL AGAIN, EVERYTIME I GO UP THE OUR 2ND FLOOR MASTER...