<div id="post-body-5930602178602032522" class="post-body entry-content" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Off all the trees that grow so fair,<br /> Old England to adorn,<br /> Greater are none beneath the Sun<br /> Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn."<br /><br /> (from A Tree Song by Rudyard Kipling: full poem/song at </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/tree_song.html">Kipling</a>)<br /><br /> Trees must be a favourite topic for me because this is my second post with the same title (See </span> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobscotney.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-cant-see-wood-for-trees-thematic.html">Thematic Photography</a>). I make no excuse for repeating the picture of a tree that caught my eye on Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. Our children treated my wife and I to a holiday there for our golden wedding anniversary in 2008.<br /><br /></span> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AfR5KJNF6_0/Tky47He3DkI/AAAAAAAAECc/4YBbvk1rjjk/s128/Tresco%252520065.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AfR5KJNF6_0/Tky47He3DkI/AAAAAAAAECc/4YBbvk1rjjk/s400/Tresco%252520065.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Tresco Tree </strong></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">What few trees there are on Tresco tend to be stunted by the wind, but not those in Tresco Abbey Gardens where you can find specimens from all over the world.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F1tTBM7fnGY/Tky4HL9o-II/AAAAAAAAECM/yc6lFUarlJo/s512/Tresco%252520077.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F1tTBM7fnGY/Tky4HL9o-II/AAAAAAAAECM/yc6lFUarlJo/s400/Tresco%252520077.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cu4cnuvhn9c/Tky4TgE7Y_I/AAAAAAAAECQ/WTVvbeAnKSU/s512/Tresco%252520078.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cu4cnuvhn9c/Tky4TgE7Y_I/AAAAAAAAECQ/WTVvbeAnKSU/s400/Tresco%252520078.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rma87SWNHT8/Tky4f8jARlI/AAAAAAAAECU/PzZWcsCYmi4/s512/Tresco%252520079.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rma87SWNHT8/Tky4f8jARlI/AAAAAAAAECU/PzZWcsCYmi4/s400/Tresco%252520079.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Trees in Tresco Abbey Gardens</strong></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">All five of us stayed at the Tresco Island Hotel where I managed to get another shot when trees were not on my mind.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nXDtpPjeBxY/Tky4u0v7cpI/AAAAAAAAECY/9EC8eTvB8Bo/s512/Tresco%252520056.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nXDtpPjeBxY/Tky4u0v7cpI/AAAAAAAAECY/9EC8eTvB8Bo/s400/Tresco%252520056.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Block House Point from Old Grimsby</strong></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The next land to the west of the Scillies is North America. That gives me an excuse to finish with a shot of Sam. my daughter's late dog, out in the woods and the snow. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VxXHpoGJGw/SoRbGQnONdI/AAAAAAAAARo/ZXYxHE3nWJM/s512/Sam%252520Dec%25252006.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VxXHpoGJGw/SoRbGQnONdI/AAAAAAAAARo/ZXYxHE3nWJM/s400/Sam%252520Dec%25252006.JPG" border="0" width="400" height="188" /></a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Sam in the winter woods</strong></span></span></td> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robert Frost had an approriate name for a for his poem <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening-2/">Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening </a>which ends:</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">But I have promises to keep,</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">And miles to go before I sleep,</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">And miles to go before I sleep.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before you sleep take a look at other trees at <a href="http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2011/08/sepia-saturday-88-saturday-20-august.html">Sepia Saturday</a></span></div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p>