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AFTER THE RAIN - THE EARTH HAS A SMELL - LOTS OF SMELLS

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And I learned the word for that awhile back .  It is "petrichor", the way the earth smells after it rains and another definition is: pet·ri·chor ˈpeˌtrīkôr/ noun a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. " other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all" And another word I learned and like is "Pluviophile".... Any organism that thrives in conditions of heavy rainfall. One who loves rain, a rain-lover.  (Thanks to a friend named Rebecca I learned of these two words).  I updated an older sketch to show a gramma taking her granddaughter out after it rains and teaching her the meaning of the smells after the rain and repeating the words petrichor and pluviophile so baby will always remember them and not have to wait to learn them until she is a gramma.  I had no idea these two words existed. I like these quotes about rain an...