Fir Cone Synaesthesia: Vision Transformed into Taste

Whenever I come across fir cones laden with sap, I have a profound experience of synaesthesia.  In this case, the visual form of each cone stimulates my palate, eliciting a sense of taste.  It is as though the cones are a nutritious candy, topped with an evergreen-flavored glaze of sugar.  This sense is amplified if I unintentionally get some of the sticky sap on my fingers (and camera!).  For me, this transferral of vision to taste offers a sense that the landscape (like food) is within me, and not just outside.  In other words, it elicits a sense of UNION.

Photo: Subalpine Fir cones; Emmaline Lake Trail, Comanche Peak Wilderness, CO; September 9, 2013