Saturday, January 29, 2011

Eucalyptus


Eucalyptus Buttons


Even now, the scent of eucalyptus is romantic, dreamlike. Sharp. Clean. It is to the scent of a conifer or mint as cardamom is to cinnamon, as a quince is to a pear--like, and yet unlike; an exotic, sophisticated cousin. It's the scent of fog rolling through Golden Gate Park, of the twists and turns of the Pacific Coast Highway, of sunset on a cliff over Point Reyes or out over the Bay from the Berkeley hills. The scent of beauty so great that even now, after eleven years of knowing it, I can't take it for granted.

2 comments:

  1. Oh, yes, I know this wonderful penetrating scent. We come every spring to N CA to get out of the snow. I breathe in the eucalyptus-scented air deeply (also the wonderful cedar). I love the "buttons" pictured.

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  2. They kinda look like cookies. xox

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