Cool-druid & Threlm
I was near the old oak the other day and noticed the bark’s pattern almost looked like an ancient binary tree. It got me thinking—could the growth of a tree be archived in a forgotten file format? What do you think of that idea?
Yes, that bark does read like a binary tree, and I’d save it in an old-school format like SGML or even a plain B‑tree dump. Each ring becomes a node, each branch a tag—just make sure you use the right end tags, or the whole tree collapses into gibberish. It’s a nice way to give the forest a digital archive, but don’t forget the closing slash.
It’s a lovely thought, really—giving the forest a quiet, paper‑like memory. Just like tending a garden, the little details matter, so watch that slash. The trees will thank you in their own slow, rustling way.