Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Types of Trees

Bottle Tree
© Eudora Welty Collection Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Gourd Tree

I love this photo with all the gourd bird nest. Some of the birds are looking in, some are looking out, some of the nesting is falling out, one of the holes has been made larger. I can just imagine all the chirping and singing that is going on.

Bird Tree


Tree of Birds by Elizabeth Lee Gaul

Family Tree from BibliOdyssey

Illustration of a Waq-Waq Tree

"The Waq Waq are mythical lands, associated with trees bearing humanoid fruits, which were sometimes located in Africa and sometimes in the eastern Indian Ocean." (from The Book of Couriosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes from BibliOdyssey)

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