@brittarnhild
I went to the most wonderful concert last night, Emma Kirkby singing, Jakob Lindberg playing the lute. The concert was in a small room, I guess we were around 150 people. I loved it. I went alone, and I mostly sat with my eyes closed, letting the music fill me. I left during the break though. There was too much strong perfume in the room. I got a headache, my sinuses protested wildly.
I came out to a dark, almost quiet city, where snow fell silently. I had half an hour to wait for my bus, so I walked around. I have lived in Trondheim more than 50 years. I know my city so well. Its nooks and corners, its open squares, its hidden secrets. Last night it all felt new.
I was sad because of the perfume which forced me to leave the concert. I was happy and thankful to walk in this beautiful city of mine at the late hour. The snow flakes took away the perfume still clinging to my hair, my face, my clothes. Emma Kirkby´s voice still filled my head.
I wish perfume could be banned.
I love the perfume of nature. Like the one flowing out from the forthysia in the picture. It was taken at our cabin a previous spring. Tomorrow we are heading for the cabin for the first time this year. I wonder what we will find, winter or spring.
