Lately the conifers here have been pollinating or whatever it's called. I'm guessing as my truck has been covered with a yellowy looking powder every morning. The other night on the river my clients & I had to hide off in the woods as a heavy storm rolled through that dumped biblical amounts of rain as well as heavy thunder & lighting. After the storm several nice trout were brought to hand & we had a journey out in the dark form the river after fishing. I couldn't help but notice an overpowering wonderful smell of pine. It was like nothing I had ever smelled in my life before, so aromatic & just downright pleasing. I'm guessing it was form the pines being damp & this pollen being present. I have never smelled this before & it was quite the treat leaving the forest with this in the air. The essence of the woods during trout season.......
Brad- you captured that so well. I've been there, though when I smelled it I was in my yard. Still, trout streams do have their own odor, and each year it awakens memories long buried, and stirs new hope. You live and work in a fantastic place, and I hope that you, like me, pinch yourself each day to see if it's real.
ReplyDeleteFor years, I've smelled a really wonderful smell in certain places in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ontario. It's an earthy sweet smell that is often subtle. A friend thinks it is from the buds of the balm of gilead (aka balsam popple.) I've noticed the smell right in the city of Iron River, which has a lot of popple on the outskirts.
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