The sweetness of the spinning candy floss machine.
The sharpness of vinegar from the shellfish stall.
In a seaside town.
Stale beer and strong tobacco.
Clinging to my father.
Wakes me up as he lifts me from the car.
Smell memories.
The sweetness of the spinning candy floss machine.
The sharpness of vinegar from the shellfish stall.
In a seaside town.
Stale beer and strong tobacco.
Clinging to my father.
Wakes me up as he lifts me from the car.
Smell memories.
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I fondly remember my grandfathers pipe smell, such sweet memories! C
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Smells can take us back every time. Usually to a good place.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh how true! I couldn’t eat bratwurst for five years. I once had an unpleasant experience! 😉 Michael
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I love Bratwurst and sauerkraut!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Meanwhile I like that again. But it has to be done well. 😉
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The senses always bring strong memories to the surface.
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I was remembering those smells only recently. I can still imagine them clearly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Isn’t that wonderful?
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There is a certain moment each summer when the rooms get just a perfect hot and the old house we live in gives out just a particular wood floor smell that I swear I am back at my grandmother’s.
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That must be a nostalgic memory indeed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I love the brief experience each year since it always takes me by surprise.
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Memories of a day out from childhood. Warmest regards, Theo
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Yes indeed. A day trip to a coastal resort, 50 miles from London. But a world away. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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As an environmentalist, it gives me high anxiety to say this, but I can smell brooks.
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Nicely done with the film reference, David. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nice, Pete
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Thanks, Don.
I used to be so excited as a child, experiencing the smells of a day trip, or longer holiday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Smells have always brought back memories for me as well Pete. This reminds me of a small beach town in Salisbury, MA where my parents used to take my sister and I when we were young.
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I don’t think I could ever smell those things in the same way I did as a child. There was a sense of wonder, being surrounded by unfamiliar smells.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They say smells are instant recollectors of memories. I would say music, too. My favorite smell is the saltwater, breezy, sunny smell of being by a large body of water.
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Music always works for me too. Whenever I hear ‘Where Did Our Love Go’ by The Supremes, it takes me back to lying on my bed aged 12, thinking that Motown music was the best thing I had ever heard. Sea air is a great smell to remember, Cindy.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Have a dry weekend!
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Terrific Pete….”smell memories” indeed – anytime I smell frying grease I am taken back to my first job at a local hamburger stand in Seattle…they taught me how to make a fish sandwich first and I was petrified I wouldn’t do it right…still remember that exact moment, because fries were happily bubbling away across from the “fish station!”
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Glad this took you back to your first job, John.
Smells generate powerful memories.
Best wishes, Pete.
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smells are very powerful memory triggers
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The certainly are for me, Beth. I remember the first time we had a house with a garden. I was 15, and my dad mowed the lawn. That smell was intense, and until then, unfamiliar.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I still remember waking up to that smell on Saturday mornings
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Good one! I have read that smells can awaken memories. chuq
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They always do for me, chuq. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Smells, food and sound (music), all three get my memories flowing 🙂
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Yes, the introduction to an old record always sends me down memory lane. 🙂
Cheers, Pete.
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