My wife is the best wife in the whole world. And I'm not just saying that because she's looking over my shoulder.
Today she came home from the store with one of those big honkin' Yankee Candles. While that is always a good thing (we encourage that kind of behavior), today she came home with a Sweet Honeysuckle flavor.
While I had never seen that flavor before, it reminded me that honeysuckle is one of my favorite scents. When I was growing up there was a honeysuckle bush out by the garage, and I have great memories of the bush blooming in the springtime and the scent wafting over the yard as I was out running around with my dog.
Later, when I had my apartment in Arlington, one of my bedroom windows faced a common yard area that was ringed with honeysuckle bushes. As the weather warmed up, I would open the windows and that smell would come flowing in and fill the apartment. I absolutely loved it.
The only problem was that the honeysuckle caused me some big time sinus problems. But that was a pain I was willing to endure.
The last dozen years or so I haven't had the pleasure of that particular scent nearby, and it had almost faded from my memory. Then Ellen brought the candle home. It's great!
