"The Dingleberry Tree"

This tree is dedicated to Mel. The screensaver pictures of my trees are on my desktop at work and are of great interest to her. One day she called me to tell me that she had taken a picture of "the coolest tree ever" and she wanted me to draw it because it was covered with bulging deformities that she called "dingleberries". When you work in a veterinary clinic full of sick animals, a dingleberry has only one meaning, and it's exactly what you think it is- not a nice thing to have. In truth, this poor oak is covered with the results of a disease that cause the limbs and branches to develop hundreds of rough black knots. In the right light, such deformities become interesting and different, even beautiful, earning it the distinctive title "The Dingleberry Tree".

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