Scent tied to Memory

When I went home this fall break the weather was beautiful.  The sun was shining, mid 80's, and still the california flowers were blooming.  I smelled our neighbors fresh cut grass coming home one day and instantly thought about playing football.  I just quit football the month before so it made me get sentimental and I just thought about the memories iv had playing.  Its funny the way a certain smell can put a image or a memory in your head.  One of my aunts who lives in Michigan has worn the same perfume since the day I was born.  Its a some what popular perfume so sometimes I will smell it on someone else and again I will instantly think of memories Iv had while visiting Michigan.  Almost every smell that I come across I have an image or a memory behind it.  When I smell something salty I think about some of my favorite beaches back home.  One of my favorite smells that brings the most memories the smell of a campfire.  It isn't necessarily a good smell but it is something that makes me happy because camping is one of my favorite things to do.  Once again, my obsession with that smell began in Michigan, listening to my uncles tell scary stories and roasting marsh mellows.  Even away from Michigan when i go camping in Texas, I have memories of all our best friends playing drinking games and telling stories around the fire.  The smells that I have encountered help me remember some of my favorite times.