That weird feeling

Ever check into a hotel room and things feel…odd? That happened to me this summer when I visited my favorite vacation spot. It took a while to figure out what was wrong. Can you see the weirdness?

A few weeks later, I checked back into the same hotel but landed in a different room. Guess what I saw again?

If the upside-down picture of a tree appeared in TWO of my rooms, I can only assume someone meant to hang the picture that way. But why????? Well, I had to know, so I googled “upside down tree” and saw a ton of upside-down Christmas trees, which wasn’t any help. I asked a bunch of people, and they had no clue. Someone thought the upside-down tree might relate to some sort of Druid ritual, which confused me even more. The hotel is nowhere near any Druid landmarks.

I know this mystery of an upside-down tree picture isn’t something I should spend too much time thinking about, but I couldn’t stop wondering why it kept appearing in my hotel rooms. It was driving me mad! I finally called the hotel and asked the nice woman who answered. She said that quite a few people have wondered why there’s a picture of an upside down tree in their hotel room, and the answer is: the artist who created the image was trying to represent a reflection of a tree in water. That reflection looks upside down to whoever is staring across the water at the tree.

Ah-ha!!! Now it finally makes sense. Kinda. I can rest easy, now.

MORAL OF THE STORY: If you have a question that’s bugging you, go ahead and call long-distance to reach the check-in desk of your favorite hotel. You’ll feel silly asking the question to a total stranger, but you’ll get an answer.