The Dreaming Tree The art, photography & dreams of Lana Gramlich. Also notes on nature sciences (astronomy, parklands, etc.,) & dream related subjects. Statistics Unique Visitors: Total Unique Visitors: Outgoing: Total Outgoing: 21 0 0 3232

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New Bird & Dream; Animals, the Flood and the Building 2008-01-09 11:42:00 Didn't have time to post my dream from Monday night yesterday;I stuck my head out the back door. 2 raccoons ran to the edge of our property (near the hanging feeder.) One of them didn't look like a raccoon, however. It didn't have a ring tail & it wasn't gray/black. It was colored reddish-brown all over. They stood near the edge of the property for a while, looking at me. Later there were 2 rabbits. I picked up one of them & carried it around. Outside lots of people struggled through a deeply flooded road. They were calmly sad. Later I was hovering high above the ground, looking down on a very tall building/tower that had a platform and an industrial crane on top. I wasn't sure how stable it was. I certainly wasn't comfortable enough to go there.I believe the raccoons & rabbits are linked, considering they're both ground-dwelling animals common to N. America, there were 2 of each of them (at least at first,) they're roughly the same size & both words begin with the letter "r" & ... Amp

Birds of Fontainebleau State Park 2008-01-07 10:26:00 Another lovely day (with clearing gray skies) yesterday, so we went for another hike...We found a boardwalk being replaced (much of the park has been closed since Hurricane Katrina, although repairs are underway.)5 American coots of about 12 in the immediate area.An American Robin.2 red-winged blackbirds. There were at least a dozen flitting about, but I wasn't able to get any pictures of the group. These were the first red-winged blackbirds I've seen since I moved here.2 Canada geese (although I'm not 100% sure on that.) Some kind of seagull and a northern mockingbird. A common crow and a brown pelican, state bird of Louisiana.There were more birds than this of course, including a cardinal, a hairy woodpecker, a great blue heron and numerous little, wedge-shaped flyers I got some pictures of. ...

Last Night's Dream; Yard Display 2008-01-07 10:19:00 It was nighttime. I'd put together an outdoor yard arrangement (low to the ground,) that was lit with small, white lights (like Xmas lights.) People & things sought by others were there, so it was very popular. I took a picture for a woman & it came out with very high contrast (mainly just white & black.) A cop standing there told her he wouldn't leave her hanging—he’d help her out.One recent dream theme (revealed here as well,) is about me gathering things, typically small things. Not sure what that's about--getting my stuff together, maybe? ...

Interesting Bark & Last Night's Dream; Car/t Accident & Looking Foolish 2008-01-06 12:28:00 An older, overweight man was driving some kids in a white go cart (or some other kind of ride--like a bumper car.) There was another white go cart/bumper car full of kids nearby that he was also in charge of. They were all driving on a major freeway. The man was in a terrible accident, in which the car/t flew up into the air & was hit by a car. Other people reviewed the video footage. Later I was trying to figure something out. I.D. was there & kept asking questions, distracting me. When I answered him about one of them, he laughed out loud & made a big deal, as though I was an idiot. Getting annoyed, I defended myself & said I knew what I was doing. He merely asked the wrong question (to intentionally make me look stupid.)The picture was of some interesting bark we saw on yesterday's hike. ... Amp

Near Lake Ramsay 2008-01-05 19:12:00 As temps were back up to 68F/20C yesterday, we went for another hike... About longleaf pine ecosystems & vulture.5 anoles (the 6th one ducked under the tree bark.)Charles among the pines. Colorful leaves & a wolf spider.As today is even warmer than yesterday was, I sense another hike coming up... ...

Gorge & Last Night's Dream; Name Changes 2008-01-05 12:51:00 I'd gathered up some small things & others came to see them. Somehow the things got away from us & we had to look for them. Eventually I realized that they were being referred to with different names. Then a young girl (about 8,) changed her name.The picture is of the Niagara Gorge in Summer. ... Amp

Sunset & Last Night's Dream; Woman & 40 2008-01-04 20:23:00 Something about a woman and four 10s.There was much more to this when I woke, but I didn't have time to mentally file it away before I left for work, so it's gone.The sunset was taken through sunglasses while driving to Toronto some years ago. One of my favorite pix. ... Amp

1st Lines Meme & Dragon Painting 2008-01-04 14:17:00 Got this from Ello's blog. The idea is to post the 1st line from the 1st post of every month since you've started blogging. Although I thought this might be an interesting exercise, my 1st lines imply that it might be more interesting for someone else. Here they are, however, at any rate;Nov. 5/07; Northlake Nature Center"Charles & I recently discovered Northlake Nature Center."Dec. 1/07; "Old Man and the Sea" & Last Night's Dream; Sundaes, Tiger Attack & the Psychic"I was inside somewhere with mom."Jan. 1/08; Some of Today's Birds"Pair of male cardinals and a titmouse."This is a portion of a painting I started in '97. I abandoned it a while back due to loss of interest, but I did like how parts of the dragon came out. ... Amp

Last Night's Dream; Hannah Montana Tickets 2008-01-03 00:51:00 A girl had written bogus essay to win Hannah Montana tickets. People were outraged that the winner had lied, but I knew the larger crime here was an unhealthy focus on the fame of the character. If they weren't so popular tickets wouldn't be so hard to get & such things wouldn't happen.The picture is of a path at Lake Ramsay from the other day. ...

Astronomically speaking... 2008-01-02 02:07:00 Today Earth is at perihelion.Tomorrow is the Quadrantid meteor peak.Saturday Venus is in conjunction with the Moon. ...

Some of Today's Birds 2008-01-01 17:08:00 Pair of male cardinals and a titmouse. Goldfinch sharing feeder with brown-headed nuthatch and a white-throated sparrow. ...

Neighborhood Fireworks 2008-01-01 00:53:00 Happy New Year to all. Best wishes for 2008! ...

Last Night's Dream; Astronomy & Shoe Trouble? 2007-12-30 16:06:00 I was with others at nighttime. They were pointing out a new Messier object (a globular cluster or some such,) but it looked like the Pleiades to me. Later a woman was definitely in trouble, but she deserved it. Something about shoes?I've been up late nights working on a painting, so I've been needing my sleep (thus the short-ish dream snippets lately.) I only remembered the part about the Pleaides late this evening (when I stepped outside & saw stars for the first time in a while.) I don't remember the M number assigned, unfortunately.Another picture of the sky at Lake Ramsay yesterday. ... Amp  Astronomy

Birds of Lake Ramsay 2007-12-29 21:42:00 CrowDucksCanada GeeseEgrets; ...

Lake Ramsay 2007-12-29 20:44:00 I found another local nature spot online today, so we went to check it out. Much of it is typical of the longleaf pine savannah of our area. I'm glad to see the Nature Conservancy doing so much for these local ecosystems. As you can see, the day started out rather gray.There were chickadees & other small birds, but I hadn't brought our binoculars. I got pictures of a hairy woodpecker & various water birds, including a pair each of geese and ducks & several egrets. There were also plenty of tracks; raccoon, deer, dog, some kind of bird & this relatively intact spinal cord (probably from a coyote or small deer);As our hike progressed, the skies broke & cleared;We saw quite a few of these very strange fungi.If you can identify them, please do; ...