Is there anything better than the smell of freshly mowed grass? (Yes, I’m sure there is — Love’s Baby Soft comes to mind — but go with me on this one.) The guys from the lawn service are here today and I have the windows open near me. The grass is a little damp with dew today so it’s particularly fragrant. I’ll look forward to a little bit from now when the din of the mowers leave and I’m left with the sweet scent of the grass.
*I was going to title this “Hay is for horses, grass is for people.” It’s what the bad kids in my neighborhood used to say in 1969. Where I grew up in Chicago, people used to say “Hey” for “Hello,” kind of like how people use “Yo” here in Philly. Anyway, when someone would say “Hey,” that was often followed by “Hay is for horses, grass is for people.” I had no clue what it meant. But my dad did. I tried that one out once when one of my sisters said, “Hey!” It didn’t go over all that well.
**Love’s Baby Soft was what all the girls in my high school wore. I think it was one of those body sprays before there was Axe Body Spray. I liked how it smelled. I also liked the scent of Shalimar and Chanel No. 5. Do people even wear that stuff anymore? Now I’m just too old. The scent of Cinnabon seems more compelling.
***It’s not easy to find the Latin name for lawn grasses. I wanted to be clever above and go for the alliterative flourish. I finally found this link. Kentucky Bluegrass is Poa praetensis. That would have been a start.
