As I was walking around Columbus Park at Borough Hall in Brooklyn the other day, whiling the time away until my daughter arrived, I noticed the remnants of the recent holiday season. The fountain, its water supply cut off for the winter, is still stuffed with assorted twigs and branches, looking a little tired and ready to become mulch. 
Many of the ornaments have blown off the still-standing Christmas tree, littering the lawn around it.
I noticed a faintly familiar fragrance as I walked around. Not quite floral; not quite herbal; completely comforting. I took a closer look at the plantings near the fence, remembering the spikes of lavender from the summer before. It didn’t make sense that those dried-up flowers would offer up such a noticeable fragrance. Then I recognized the shrubs the lavender was nestled in and their fragrance: Rosemary!
Lavender and rosemary; two of my favorite scents! We have both of those in our flower bed and they always survive winter and flourish in the spring.
Ah, how lucky you are, Brigitte! I like to steep them a little while in hot water and add them to my lime-ade in the summer. Soothing refreshment in no time at all! xoxoM
I love catching a whiff of something so wonderful like what you describe when I’m out on a walk. Sometimes I’m able to trace the smell to the source and sometimes not.
I like that fountain. It’s like an artificial tree.
Yes, it is. I have a fascination with fountains. The one at Lincoln Center is my favorite because of how the flowing water looks when photographed. This one I love because it seems to bring the water and earth elements together, and it reaches out into the sky! xoxoM
Lovely little park – it’s too bad the public works employees don’t clean up the fallen ornaments before someone hurts themselves.
I know what you mean. However, it’s a very tiny park within a larger park, and this section is not open to the public, so there’s no one walking through the park. xoM