Ponderosa Cleft, Missoula, Montana
Under the right conditions, if you stick your nose close to the bark of a ponderosa pine, it smells like the finest quality vanilla - and makes you crave a snickerdoodle. I’m not sure if there’s a criteria for trees that readily evoke this fragrance - tallest, craggiest bark, exposed to sunlight - but recent controlled tests reveal no hint of vanilla present on a snowy, cold day. Later explorations showed the cookie jar was - alas! - empty.
Amazing ! you can write a story, a fairy tale looking at this picture. It's like a small map of a fantastic world ... there you have a forest , a winterland, some mountains... :)
ReplyDeleteI love ponderosa pines - but they always smelled 'piney' to me - - great shot.
ReplyDeleteYou have to hunt for a good vanilla one, now that you know they're out there!
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