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It's been a big day for one of my top five favorite senses - the sense of smell. Check it out:

• The smell of the new top on the Jeep, which is now 5 days old and still crystal clear and awesome. I still have to do the doors, but the top and sides went on like a dream.
• The smell of everything at Penzey's, where junior and I walked around burying our faces in the sample jars, breathing deeply, then going "whoa!" and making crazy faces. It's way more fun than it sounds.
• The smell of the fishmonger and the BBQ counter at Shuang Hur. I went in for a few pantry items and I came out with 3 feet of BBQ pork and half a crispy duck, the latter of which I nibbled all the way home, greasy fingers be damned. I'm curious to find out tomorrow if my Jeep still smells like 'new top' or if that's been overtaken by 'crispy duck'. I'm thinking I'm gonna classify that as a win/win.
• An afternoon outside rocking the scents of fall chores: that perfect mix of dried leaves and lawn mower exhaust, the earthy mustiness from turning over dirt to plant bulbs, somebody in the neighborhood having a fire. I'm never going back inside.
• Vietnamese coffee break? Don't mind if I do. Thanks for the excuse, MNMO. Smells great. Nice and toasty.
• The smell of dinner. Pea tip and pork stir-fry. Yes, that'd be me trying to use up the stuff I overbought from this morning. "Oops". Still, smelled delicious.

Now I feel like I should bake bread or something, just to keep it going. Or maybe just light a scented candle. Probably easier at this point. I wonder if we have one that smells like bread? Is that cheating?

And yes, I know it's too late to be planting bulbs. I figure it's worth a shot, though. We'll see come spring. Fingers crossed.