Fog and Sage

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Locally, the morning fog, heavy with sea salt and diesel oil mixes with the scent of the various components of the California chaparral producing a sweet yet pungent aroma.

Add the intoxicating scent of orange blossoms, some squirrels chattering and I'm home

As I enjoyed my morning coffee I noticed the dryness that comes along with the high pressure but the NE wind was gone and I could smell sage!

The whole Salvia plant family (mints, sages etc) is very interesting and most have a wonderful and varied scent that travels on the morning coastal low clouds.

I've found them easy to grow, they are almost always in flower and since it's a native plant it deals with the droughts rather well.

We have planted several varieties and on mornings like this the scent alone brings me back to the days of my youth when all of my boyhood home was orange groves or native chaparral.