Smells in the neighborhood

We have been really lucky this year with the weather. Usually by now the "May Gray" has come over the central coast to be followed by the "June Gloom". This past winter was an above normal rainy year - not exceptional - but we're not complaining. The last couple of days we have had showers off and on which is really unusual. We've had the first couple of fires for the season with one of them just 30 miles to the south of us. This morning after the light showers the air was full of wonderful scents as all the flowers and other flowering plants drank up the moisture. Every house had a bouquet of scents to greet me varying from house to house. One house was fragrant with waffs of jasmine and roses, another had herbs of rosemary, basil, oregano and many others. The eucalyptus trees and the cypress trees contributed their beautiful aromas. To top it off all the animals were out and about with their new babies - quails, ducks, bunnies, red wing black birds and even the coots.