Under the Butternut Tree
Aah…Those Wonderful Smells
Country living has its own unique aromas, from flowers to skunks.
My husband and I have lived in the countryside most of our lives, with only two exceptions. After we were married, we rented an apartment near center city Allentown. Two years later, we moved into a townhouse in Lower Macungie Township. We stayed there for 10 years, then moved to our current home in Old Zionsville and back to our country roots. After 12 years away from the rural atmosphere, it didn’t take very long to re-acquaint ourselves to the smell of freshly cut grass, the cleaner air, the smell of burning leaves in fall, skunks, apples rotting on the ground, horse manure spread on the fields, and other aromas that go along with living in the countryside. As we walk outside to shovel snow or spread salt on the ice during the winter …
