Kitchen related observation

Brief moment of realization:

I have been trying to place the smell of thyme for quite a while now. It's sort of off putting, and since I cook mainly by smell, I never know how to use it. I finally figured out why:

Thyme smells like the pea gravel from my childhood big toy, or at least the way my memory thinks that pea gravel smells.

I suppose this is what they mean by "earthy flavor."

That is all.