When I started this whole endeavour I went outside and took some photos of things I love here. Most of the photos were of my dogs, but that’s just because they’re really cute and I get distracted too easily. They were my backup photos, but as it turns out, I need them anyway!
The original photos were of some leaves and the autumn trees. They’re your typical autumn pictures with the red leaves and the bare branches, but I think it’s really pretty, so I took them anyway.
Today I went outside and stood in the exact same place and it was like I had been transported! Yes, the leaves had changed colour a little more. Yes, the trees were a bit more bare. Yes, there were far more leaves on the floor than before. But it wasn’t any of that which caught my attention. I didn’t notice anything until I was about to walk back to the door, but in that moment I turned as my dog ran past and kicked up some leaves – and it hit me!
The smell! There’s a certain scent to autumn that just smells magical! It’s like this overwhelmingly lovely earthy, warm hug. Like a blanket. One that smells nice.
Now I have no way of knowing if Autumn smells this way anywhere else, so it’s not like I can promote it as this beautifully quintessential South African thing. But I can tell you that I love South Africa in the autumn! I love how the sun stays out but the air gets nippier. I love that I (FINALLY) get to wear cute things like hats and boots. I love the way the green lawn turns into a carpet of reds , yellows, oranges, browns, and golds. And I love the smell!
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Cayley Grace 