Smell-o-vision

[playswithworms]

I discovered last night I dream in smell!  I already knew I dream in vivid color, sound, and touch, but last night I was dreaming about my rose bushes, which have been undergoing Project Rose Bush Relocation to a sunnier part of the yard.  I mostly like to grow natives and butterfly/wildlife-friendly plants, but I've got a bit of a weakness for the

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[playswithworms]

What's really strange is I can't conciously summon a smell-memory - I remember that there was a faint rose smell in my dream, and I can describe it in relation to other scents and remember the way it make me feel, but I can't imaginary!smell it quite the same way I can imagine pictures or sounds, or the same way I was convinced I was smelling it when I was asleep (if that makes any sense, lol).

It does look like a little goldfish! One of those fat double-tailed fancy ones :D

[mmouse15]

Awesome!

I love roses, so I found ones that work here in Colorado - wild roses and a William Baffin - and the smell is amazing. It's so cool that you got the 'scent' in your dream!

I justify them by saying that they provide leaves for the leaf-cutter bees and thus are helping in some way.

And hurray for happy pond plants!

[playswithworms]

Here in Indy we used to be plant hardiness zone 5, but we're up to zone 6 now on a lot of maps now with global warming, (gardeners had the climate change thing figured out a long time ago) so I've thought of maybe trying out a couple of new varieties.

Oooh, William Baffin looks lovely, though I found two completely different descriptions of it - one says lots of disease problems and little scent, and another says it's the healthiest rose ever planted and the scent is incredible. Sounds like you've got the second one ^^

Leaf-cutter bees! :D

I was afraid it would be too shady for the pond plants to bloom, but apparently not ^_^

[mmouse15]

ZOMG, my Wm Baffin is raspberry colored and incredibly scented - it's the explorer series of roses developed in Canada for harsh winter climates, and it does amazing. The scent will make you giddy!

I think the difference is if there is winter, the rose does well. If it's a place with no real freezing, the rose never goes dormant, because it did not do well for my sister when she lived in Alabama. *shrugs*

Love my bees! I have three different types in my yard and I do my best to provide for them.

Your yard is wonderful, and I am enjoying your adventures in it vicariously.

[playswithworms]

*peruses website* Hmm, they have some nifty varieties I haven't seen before! Project for next year, maybe, lol ^^ I got several of my roses from heirloom roses and I've been quite happy with them.

Yeah, most of these temperate zone plants need that winter break.

^_^

[therixkeycopy]

I love. Your pond. It's gorgeous.

And...I honestly can't remember if I smell in dreams or not. Huh. That's really, really cool though, what your subconscious relates to different things 8D

AND WATER LILY YAY.

[playswithworms]

Thankee! It's a most lovely puddle, now that the plants are starting to fill in all the cracks. I was sitting out there yesterday and in the space of a few minutes I saw two hummingbirds, a good dozen butterflies, a tadpole and a little frog! :D Best splurge I ever splurged ^^

I'm surprised there's not more smell in dreams, but it seems to be a tricky sense to summon at will, at least for me - I can imagine colors and sounds, but not smells. I wonder if folks that are blind and/or deaf are more likey to dream smells...

Water lily!!! It's so pretty *pokes it*