Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Red maple flowers, 1 by ViburnumValley

ViburnumValley wrote:
Despite the mocking commentary from the frozen wastelands barely claimed by cooler headed cheddars (and you know who you are), I believe Macrosmatic was asking for an interpretation.

I only provided a "quick-draw" response above (quite late hour) to an obviously thoroughly pondered and posed puzzle. Maximus mea culpa to our esteemed member from the clear waters of WI.

Quoting:Hmmm....Acer tataricum 'Red Wing' smells up my yard annually.

meant that the ebullient fragrance of the Red Wing tatarian maple can be detected at quite some distance; no shrinking violet is this one. I think it is an attractive aroma, but I'm not able to place an olfactory attribution (...smells like...) at just this moment.

OK Cacodemon, you've uncorked once too often.

Some things get better with age.

Some have to be sniffed and swirled.

And then with others, one must just spit.

As does Quercus, I must summon the better angels of my nature...