Hummingbirds and Hornets

I've had two memorable dreams in as many nights. 

1) It was a few years down the road. After Beatrice and Ambrose, I had more and more kids. All girls. They were everywhere, with snotty noses and high pitched voices. I did not know them or love them. I couldn't remember their names or when they were born. I was a terrible mother. Nothing really happened in the dream. We were in a house with a lot of stairs. That is all.

2) This dream took place in an apple orchard. I was in the top of a tree. I noticed a hummingbird flitting around the tree, then another. Then I noticed a hornet. It occurred to me that the tree belonged to neither the hummingbirds nor the hornets, but that they both vied for territory. As I looked further around the orchard, I realized that some trees were full of hummingbirds and some were swarming with angry hornets. I was afraid of the hornets and hoped the hummingbirds would win out. That is all.

Interpretations?

Tell Me Your Dreams

I want to illustrate your dreams!

Up at the top of the page, there is a contact form you can use. (Or, alternately, you may email me at tinyyellowbird at yahoo dot com.) Let me know if you want your real name and a link or if you would prefer to remain anonymous.

Send me snippets or full dreams, as much detail as you can muster. Was it an all night epic, a fleeting vision at dawn, a vivid recurring dream? What feelings were attached? Did it have that nostalgic sense of longing or were you filled with terror or was it totally mundane?

If you can remember the date of your dream, submit that as well.

Readers, I'm excited about this! I've been thinking about it for a while and I really hope you participate. This will be an ongoing project, so there's no deadline. But I'm going to check my email now and see if you've already submitted something...

What I Wore :: My Neighbor Totoro

In My Neighbor Totoro, Satsuki's dress was yellow and a tad shorter, but same style anyway. 

So, totally off topic here, but I just woke up from a weird dream in which I was traveling through space in an RV. My brother Cooper was the pilot and Ali, Jake, Lucy and Reuben and his girlfriend were the other passengers. Inside, there were seats like in a big van and I got stuck in the middle of the back bench. AND I forgot my luggage so I had nothing to read while we flitted away, up and out of our solar system. 

We hadn't arranged for a hotel, so we squatted in a vacant school building when we arrived on a plantel similar in every way to our own. I secretly thought Cooper had looped back to Earth without realizing it. After all, the RV did not have a steering wheel or any controls. 

Do you write down your dreams?

Song of the Day No. 57

"Zombie Girl of my Dreams"

Zombie, zombie girl of my dreams
Zombie, zombie making love to me

From the first time that I saw her
I knew I had to have her
She is by far the most
Attractive cadaver

From a pallor that’s beyond compare
To the rat’s nest style of her hair

Zombie, zombie girl of my dreams
Zombie, zombie making love to me