home.scents.

 Remember those days of spring/fall when the curtains danced in the breeze?

I always like the notion of 'airing' out the house on those days...

...but now, in the dead of winter, the home.scents can fester.

I'd like to say that our nest carries the fragrance of fresh baked bread, warm vanilla candles or sweet gingersnap cookies.

Reality: it more likely smells like cat litter, and diapers.

Soooo when in a pinch (at least, if my nose is)... I employ these sweet solutions:

I toss all these yummy flavours on to the stove top (love that 'click.click.click... fooom!' of a gas element)... and simmer it at LOW for a good while.  You know, until the illusion of home-baking and goodness fills the house - and then I'm wishing I had some yummy goodies to show for it.

Which reminds me, it's a crazy snow day out there.. so I should bake some banana/craisin/orange muffins for fun.

Oh, and this.

Lavender.

I'm only a recent convert... maybe the last couple years (?), but I love this scent.

So fresh!  So clean!

Ben plants a big pile of it outside our door each summer.. so as I leave the house I can crush some between my hands and rub its perfume all over!

He also got me this essential oil for winter... so a couple drops into a wee bowl of baking soda and there's another lovely home.scent.

(P.S... if you too, love lavender.. this body lotion is ahhhhmazing!). 
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What's your favourite home.scents?

 Smell ya later, friends!
Gotta go bake me some muffins...

Mel ;o)