@3rail posted:An interesting thing for me....and most likely just me....but lichen has a very unique smell. Not offensive at all, but unique. Whenever I open up that sealed bag I have, I can smell the lichen and it immediately takes me back to some of my layouts I built as a kid. Scent has a way of rekindling memories. I will never get rid of that plastic bag of memories.
OK....now you all know I am just a little weird.
Donald
Geez, Don! There ya go again! You have this uncanny way of awakening memories...for which I'm deeply gratified.
Helps to keep the drawbridge down across the moat of dementia and oldphartitis!
To which I'd add my 'two scents' worth:
1) Opening an old construction kit from yore and being wafted with the bouquet of old basswood!
2) Opening an old hobby magazine stored in some dark forgotten area of attic or basement and having the olfactory sensors awaken to...what?...cellulosic mold?...decayed ink?...embedded exhalation of a wide-eyed youth?
And, yes...lichen's aroma is a scent-to-remember in this hobby.
Wired for weird, ...and lovin' it!...I remain (Lord willing)...
KD
