Desert Blooded,
Forest Boned

Hello, I’m Dryad! I'm just your average queer thirty-something, Arizona born and raised but currently living in the in the Pacific Northwest with my romantic partner and out polydactyl cat. =3

I grew up online through sparklewolf RP forums and learned coding through Neopets, though tumblr has been my little gremlin corner of the internet for my interests, hobbies, and little collections of things I love since 2010 (just please don't go back that far in my archive >.>;;). Neocities felt like a natural extension of that space, and it's been an amazing two years of relearning how to code and seeing all the inspiring things other people are doing! (Definitely check out my neighbors. =3 )

AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF THINGS I LOVE

animals

budgies ⋆ cephalopods ⋆ coatis ⋆ corvids ⋆ coyote ⋆ crested geckos ⋆ deer ⋆ dolphins ⋆ goats ⋆ hares ⋆ horseshoe crabs ⋆ javelinas ⋆ maned wolves ⋆ mudskippers ⋆ nudibranchs ⋆ osprey ⋆ platypus ⋆ quail ⋆ rabbits ⋆ red pandas ⋆ ringtail cats ⋆ roadrunners ⋆ secretary birds ⋆ sheep ⋆ sturgeon ⋆ whale sharks ⋆ wolves

anime

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) ⋆ Gundam [G Gundam is my favourite, but I like most of what I've watched] ⋆ Ouran High School Host Club (2006) ⋆ Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) ⋆ Sailor Moon (1992) ⋆ The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) ⋆ Trigun Stampede (2023) ⋆ Wolf Children (2012) ⋆ Wolf's Rain (2003)

books

Earthlings (Sayaka Murata) ⋆ The Girl with the Silver Eyes (Willo Davis Roberts) ⋆ Green Angel (Alice Hoffman) ⋆ Green Rider (Kristen Britain) ⋆ The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle) ⋆ Love Kills Twice (Rien Gray) ⋆ Maximum Ride (James Patterson) [We don't talk about the later books...] ⋆ The Sight (David Clement-Davies) ⋆ The Things with Wings (Greg Holch) ⋆ Watership Down (Richard Adams) ⋆ Wolfsong (TJ Klune)

comics, manga, & webcomics

+Anima ⋆ ElfQuest ⋆ Homestuck ⋆ Lumberjanes ⋆ Meridian ⋆ Pretty Deadly ⋆ Ruby Quest ⋆ The Wicked + The Divine

food & drink

baked goods [in general but especially cobbler, muffins, scones] ⋆ breakfast foods ⋆ blackberries ⋆ hard cider ⋆ iced coffee ⋆ noodles and pasta ⋆ peaches ⋆ pickled vegetables ⋆ soup! ⋆ sushi ⋆ tea

hobbies & interests

crochet ⋆ ecology ⋆ embroidery ⋆ hand sewing ⋆ hand spinning ⋆ journaling ⋆ linguistics ⋆ lolita fashion [though I can't afford to wear it... ;o;] ⋆ marine biology ⋆ mythology/folklore ⋆ poetry ⋆ TTRPGs

movies

The Accountant (2016) ⋆ Anastasia (1997) ⋆ Away We Go (2009) ⋆ Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) ⋆ Everything Evereywhere All at Once (2022) ⋆ Juno (2007) ⋆ Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) ⋆ King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) ⋆ Kingdom of Heaven (2005) ⋆ A Knight's Tale (2001) ⋆ The Last Unicorn (1982) ⋆ Monkey Man (2024) ⋆ The Mummy (1999) ⋆ Pacific Rim (2013) ⋆ Pirates of the Caribbean [only the first three] ⋆ The Secret Garden (1993) ⋆ Star Wars [just... in general] ⋆ Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

music

AJJ ⋆ The Amazing Devil ⋆ Bright Eyes ⋆ The Chicks ⋆ Fall Out Boy ⋆ Fleet Foxes ⋆ Florence + The Machine ⋆ Hayley Heyndericx ⋆ Hozier ⋆ Laurel ⋆ Lotte Kestner ⋆ Muse ⋆ My Chemical Romance ⋆ Origami Angel ⋆ Panic! at the Disco ⋆ Paramore ⋆ Radiohead ⋆ Sufjan Stevens

theater

Arsenic and Old Lace ⋆ Chicago ⋆ Epic ⋆ Guys & Dolls ⋆ Hadestown ⋆ The Lion King ⋆ Phantom of the Opera ⋆ Spring Awakening ⋆ War Horse ⋆ Wicked

television

Andor ⋆ Community ⋆ Firefly ⋆ Gargoyles ⋆ The Good Place ⋆ Leverage ⋆ Over the Garden Wall ⋆ She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

video games

Animal Crossing: New Horizons ⋆ Bugsnax ⋆ Cult of the Lamb ⋆ Dragon Age ⋆ Hades ⋆ I Was a Teenage Exocolonist ⋆ If Found... ⋆ Life is Strange ⋆ Mass Effect ⋆ Oxenfree ⋆ Pokemon ⋆ Red Dead Redemption 2 ⋆ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ⋆ Stardew Valley