Barry Prendergast 💎
you’re the only person I follow who regularly talks about Petrichor, which is odd for such a lovely word :)
A sudden downpour brings an invigorating wave of petrichor.
you’re the only person I follow who regularly talks about Petrichor, which is odd for such a lovely word :)
see also Geosmin, a related, and I’d say, even lovelier word en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin
Today, via adactio.com/notes/11311, I learned of petrichor: “the earthy scent produced when rain falls”. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor)
we had that yesterday - probably the same squall as I am North of Brighton. I heard despair too, the wife had hung some washing out
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