A really interesting interpretation Jonathan. Call me a geek, but I love that little bit of information about how they get the sap from the tree.
Photographically I'm not sure it's quite working for me, but well done for trying it out.
I do keep getting drawn back to that first image of the sap coming from the tree and I wonder if you could make a bit more of that one by playing around with it in curves.
Could be a good excuse to make some more pancakes and do something with just the two shots - the tree and some new pancakes :shrug: