drawing | smell

we enjoy the smell of washing on the line (thank you barbara, for the appropriate image), freshly cut grass or home baked bread, don't we? on the subject of odours, have you heard of petrichor and geosmin? they sound like they could be friends. {as a matter of fact they are.} then have you found yourself madly taken by the smell of the earth after a downpour? it's the bacteria in petrichor {greek petra-stone & ichor-fluid in the vein of gods} and geosmin {γεω- earth and ὀσμή smell} that cause the delectable fragrance of soil after rain. thus, ode to the filamentous bacteria in a macro foolery of actinomycetes. many more smells over at barbara's!