Monday, June 4, 2012

Beautiful synergy

The star jasmine is blooming all over here now, as it was when we moved here. You walk outside, and even in the midst of sidewalks and asphalt and traffic, a million people bustling about their too-busy lives, this heady cloud of fragrance is there. It invites you to breathe it in, to let it be a beautiful part of you, to experience this moment with it inside your lungs.

It's magical, that flower. That fragrance.

Lilies are my first love, the gorgeous colors, the flowers rising majestically on stems that can tower over your head. I love trumpets, orientals, and orienpets that will knock you over from across a lawn with their heady scent.

I'm learning, though, to love the jasmine even more. The unassuming, yet lovely flowers all work together to emit this intoxicating aroma, this scent of summer, this reminder to slow the hell down and experience your life.

"Kiss me here, by the jasmine," I ask my husband as we get out of the car at the farmer's market. A low groundcover of jasmine in furious bloom is covering the parking lot island next to our car. He does, his soft lips lowering to my uplifted face, a tender lover's caress in front of anyone who cares to see it. His lips dance with mine, briefly, and as I breathe in the impossibly lovely fragrance of the jasmine, it becomes a third participant in our interlude. It makes this kiss one I will remember for a long, long time.

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    1. I came back to say - And by sigh, I meant, Wow. This is a good piee of writing - so many little lines that are full of imagery.

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    2. Thank you. I'd originally intended a longer piece... but it seemed so perfect like this. I'll put the rest in another post.

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  2. "Kiss my here by the jasmine" TOTALLY Romantic. Sweeeeet!

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  3. What a lovely memory and a great way to learn to love the smell of jasmine. Do that often enough and everytime you smell jasmine you will think of his kisses :)

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  4. Swoon... as my affair is one kept in secrecy, getting kissed my him and sun at the same time is the world to me. Your account is sweet and so beautiful and makes me oh so envious.

    xo,
    SC

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    1. Oh, thank you. It's so rare for us too, to have a moment completely alone in the light...

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  5. Those flowers are beautiful! And that sounds so amazingly romantic...kissing my the jasmine flowers. Aw! You're making me want some jasmine here now!

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    1. It's amazing, it really is. I'd never experienced it before we moved here, though I lived in my garden and adore every kind of plant...

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  6. This is just lovely. Simple joys in a crazy world.

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    1. Thank you. Remembering it brings a smile to my face.

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