My favorite smells are the few that nearly transport me back in time, maybe like some form of déjà vu but I can’t quite pinpoint what exactly those scents are. I’d never be able to recreate them intentionally. Two different soap scents bring me to two different familiar childhood places. Sometimes when I come back in through the back door I get a rather neutral smell but also very intense feeling like I’m suddenly at an old friend’s rental house from decades ago. There’s one smell that instantly brings me back to a childhood scratch n’ sniff book. As a side note, I find that nostalgic textures bring back strong memories too.
When I was a kid, my friends and I thought it was funny when an older woman mentioned to us that she loved the smell of crayons and that they brought her back to her childhood. Now I understand!
That was a great suggestion from the rescue agency to wrap the plank in a towel for traction (I really write like this, and I maintain that I’m a lurker not a bot
::: spoiler ¯\(ツ)/¯ HeliBoard has a double backslash for the emoticon left arm, lmk if that’s not how it’s done here ;) :::clearly I don’t know what I’m doing. The left arm is fine but not the spoiler?I really had an emotional reaction and I’m happy to hear she made it out! It might be worth getting grate covers installed for the window wells if you can invest in that (I might not be able to say DIY covers, maybe for legal reasons, j/k). They can open from below to allow emergency egress from the basement if you need that for code. Best of luck keeping the critters wild :)