Given your early interest in the art of scents, have you ever read Tom Robbins' novel Jitterbug Perfume? I haven't re-read it in years, so I'm not sure how it holds up, but perfumery is one of the primary drivers of the plot.
Also, to answer your question, when I was a kid I was obsessed with clipper ships, though I was also about 100 years too late to actually go to sea on one, and I knew that clipper ship captain wasn't a viable answer to questions about my adult job prospects. So I usually said "astronaut," which was a popular choice in those heady pre-Challenger disaster days. Now, as a stolidly middle-aged adult, the idea of voyaging into realms of great risk (even if that risk is calculated) doesn't appeal at all.
Oh, that's another terrific question! Given my present stage of life and general aversion to a watery death, I think clipper ship captain is out for me, and I'm not good enough with numbers to be a scrivener...I'm going to have to think on this!
This really jarred the default setting of how I think of flowers Sarah - best viewing is in bright sunlight. I will be putting night viewing to the test!
Wow, those are pretty, especially the purple one!
Given your early interest in the art of scents, have you ever read Tom Robbins' novel Jitterbug Perfume? I haven't re-read it in years, so I'm not sure how it holds up, but perfumery is one of the primary drivers of the plot.
Also, to answer your question, when I was a kid I was obsessed with clipper ships, though I was also about 100 years too late to actually go to sea on one, and I knew that clipper ship captain wasn't a viable answer to questions about my adult job prospects. So I usually said "astronaut," which was a popular choice in those heady pre-Challenger disaster days. Now, as a stolidly middle-aged adult, the idea of voyaging into realms of great risk (even if that risk is calculated) doesn't appeal at all.
That Tom Robbins' novel looks super interesting--I haven't read any of his work.
Your response makes me think of a related question--what occupation of yore would you want to have? I think I'd like to be a telephone operator.
Oh, that's another terrific question! Given my present stage of life and general aversion to a watery death, I think clipper ship captain is out for me, and I'm not good enough with numbers to be a scrivener...I'm going to have to think on this!
Funny thing is I feel like I've learned to enjoy the things I'm not doing to make money more than I enjoy what I decided to make money with!
Yeah, our experiences make me think it's so important to nurture passions outside of an expectation of work.
This really jarred the default setting of how I think of flowers Sarah - best viewing is in bright sunlight. I will be putting night viewing to the test!
Yes! I also love early evening for photographing flowers (a.k.a. the golden hour).