Dream Journal: Chicken wire and travertine pools

I've been having a recurring dream in the past couple months or so. Which in itself is not weird. I get a lot of recurring dreams. Some fade away eventually others make a return every once in a while. What stands out about this dream is that I'm not panicking. Usually when I wake up from a recurring dream I'm panicking and anxious and shaking. 

In this one I'm walking up a narrow dirt road that has a chicken-wire fence on both sides.  The fence is old and was once painted with yellow and red but the paint is chipping off, exposing a lot of rust. There's also random household objects dotted around. I can specifically remember a blue plastic barrel with a red lid and a red watering can. 

Beyond the fences is this eerie beautiful travertine pool landscape as far as I can see. The sky is blue and clear and sunny. But its not hot. 

At the end of the road there's a little dirt yard with a chicken-wire gate. Left from the gate there's this skinny almost dead tree with a few orange fruit on a branch but I cant tell what they are, maybe apricots, maybe some sort of plums. I think the barrel and watering can are next to it. I don't know if the gate is locked or not. Never tried opening it. The whole journey up is calm and I have the feeling that I'm early, that I know where I'm going and I'm happy to go there but I'm in no hurry. So when I get to the door I just wait for it to be time. And then I wake up.

Ill paint it someday.



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