We really need rain but this dry weather has been perfect for making hay. Those long windrows were there Monday afternoon and by Tuesday afternoon the fields were bare--the great round bales already carted off to storage.
The smell of new-mown hay is absolutely intoxicating. And at this time of year, it's joined by a medley of other enticing scents.
Privet and honeysuckle are invasive plants, but, oh, how sweet they smell!
Alas, these are fleeting pleasures. But now I'll be looking forward to the comforting sound and delicious aroma of rain.
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I hadn’t thought that hay would be baled so early.
It's maybe a few weeks earlier than usual, but I guess the long spell of dry weather was just too good to pass up.
New mown hay does have it's unique scent. Achoo! I am prone to "hay fever" or maybe just all the pollen from the trees these days. Fresh air and sunshine are abundant for now, and I do hope the rains will clean out pollen and bathe the plants.
Unfortunately, I will always associate that phrase with John Blackburn's scary 1958 science fiction novel A Scent of New Mown Hay. 😄 But even the scent of freshly cut grass is delightful, if it's moist from rain. The abrupt change in the weather pattern that's coming to the east later this week may bring us all some desperately needed rain and cooler temps. A strong El Niño will be with us for the coming months, creating havoc in the weather.
My dad had hay fields. My job was driving the tractor when time to mow and rake. That delicious smell of new mown hay will be with me forever.
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