Interesting Topic
You ever have one of those days where you think you have a really good topic to write about but you know it's going to take a long time to write and you don't feel like taking the time to write it?
I'm having one of those days. This post will act as a reminder so I don't forget to turn my thoughts into a post. Now I'm raising everyones expectations of this post and that scares me. Forget I said anything.
Haiku The Blog
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The Smells of Southwestern Ontario
Hi all. I went home for the weekend again. This time so I could go to a book sale in Dunville. It was really cool. A huge warehouse with thousands of new books all for prices from 1 to 5 dollars. They weren't all new in the sense that they'd been released in the past month but new in the sense that no one had read them. I picked up 24 books for 30 dollars. Trust me. It was a deal :)
Last night I noticed something. Southwestern Ontario smells interesting. I've noticed this before but last night it was much more evident for some reason. A little background first: When I drive home or drive up to Waterloo from home I take back roads. I'm only on a major roadway (which isn't really all that major) for about 5 minutes just before turning onto my concession road. Since I take the back roads I drive through a lot of really nice country land surrounded by livestock, fields, farms, trees, hills and the open air. An added bonus is that you very rarely see any police so if your in a hurry you don't really have to be that worried.
Back to the original line of thought. Taking the backroads means that I can keep my car windows rolled down, crank the music and not have to worry about breathing in tonnes of smog. There are other aromas to smell though. A lot of the smells are pleasant such as flowers (especially lilacs), trees, burning leaves etc. Along with the good come the bad. Since there is a lot of fields and livestock along this route logically there must also be lots of manure. That is one of the more unpleasant smells, especially for city folks. My parents have lived in the country for the past 19 years so I'm use to the smell so it doesn't bug me that much, though pig manure is so much worse that cow.
And now I'm just rambling.
