drawing of the dream tree; a few other random things

[asakiyume]

So here is what the tree in my dream looked like: like bamboo, but with leaves like a locust... except in this drawing, the joint-rings aren't raised enough-looking, hence the second, eye-searingly colored (expertly! with a mouse!) diagram/digital doodle to show you how the rings fit round the trunk and boughs.






Also...

Heard the first wood thrush of the season today. I was wondering how far south they go for winter--do they make it all the way to Colombia? ... Google says no; they winter in Central America. Google also tells me they're the state bird of Washington DC.

Comments

[sovay]

So here is what the tree in my dream looked like: like bamboo, but with leaves like a locust...

That's wonderful!

[asakiyume]

Thank you, collectively, for urging me to draw it.

[wayfaringwordhack]

What a gorgeous tree. Thanks for sharing your dream <3

[asakiyume]

I'm grateful to have friends who ask to see it <3

[sartorias]

That top drawing is really pretty!

[asakiyume]

Thank you--prime drawn-while-I-relax-with-tv picture, that is ;-)

[cmcmck]

The song thrushes here are certainly now in full voice but I've not seen a missel thrush so far.

[asakiyume]

It was the first I'd heard! It's always *such* a treat when they come back. As for missel thrushes, I know them only from the songs of The Decemberists (who, oddly, aren't even a British band...)

[yamamanama]

I know mistle thrushes from the band Mistle Thrush, who are also not British or any sort of European or Asian or North African at all.

[anna_wing]

I am thinking of the prehistoric giant horsetail.

[asakiyume]

Yes, that's what amaebi suggested, and at first I didn't see it, because the horsetails I usually experience look like this and this--but then I saw **this** type of horsetail, and now I totally get it. (But with the black part sticking out like an arm ring.)

[mallorys_camera]

I wish I could recognize bird songs!

And I like yr drawings. 😀

[asakiyume]

Aww, my drawings aren't much, but thank you. And the wood thrush I am sure you could recognize it. They tend to like woody areas, so you just may not usually be walking in such places. But take a listen to some of the recordings here (the recordings under the video are clearer, but the video is nice to), and you'll know what to listen for. The only things that sound anything like it are other kinds of thrush, also with beautiful songs (e.g., hermit thrush).

[amaebi]

Oh, I love that!

[asakiyume]

And thanks to anna_wing's comment, I went and looked at pictures of horsetails and saw the sort that both you and she must have been thinking of, and I can totally see the resemblance!

[minoanmiss]

Welcome to the dream tree!

[asakiyume]

If dream tree could grow on good vibes along, it would be a healthy sapling right now!

[yamamanama]

Wood thrushes may not but scarlet tanagers certainly do.

[asakiyume]

Scarlet tanagers are such amazingly beautiful birds.

[gale_storm]

Thank you for drawing your dreams for us!!

[asakiyume]

Thank you for indulging me!