Monthly Archives: March 2014

Running, jumping, and vivid succulent trees

Every now and again, I get my weird, random dreams that I actually remember in enough detail that I can actually blog about it like an epic story. And when I get really lucky, it comes illustrated!

Turns out dreaming can really tire you, especially if you spend 2-3 dream hours running away from what you think are bad guys, but you’re not really sure because it’s not explained in your dream why they’re chasing you, your friend simply says so, and they’re waving guns about, so you may as well run for your life.

In my case, I was with a friend and we were getting ready to be in a play. First we’re getting our costumes ready, next we’re sitting in the audience, staring at an empty stage waiting for things to happen. My friend got up and started walking off, and indicated for me to do the same. I was confused, but followed her lead. It turns out she just wanted to escape, so we spent the first part of our night out on the streets, just walking about, when I came across a succulent tree. With chunky, triangular leaves and bright orange and red flowers as big as my hand, the branches weighed down from all the water in the leaves, enough that the flowers were within my reach. I also wanted to take a cutting so I could grow them at home. I reached out, plucked one, but then found that the entire tree was infested! White caterpillars and a bright green gummy worm (yes, a gummy worm) were all over my flower, so I threw it back on the ground. I had no time to be disappointed as some mysterious guy started walking towards us – possibly a council worker or something, so my friend and I quickly disappeared.

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