I Can't See The Wood For The Trees - Sepia Saturday

"Off all the trees that grow so fair,
Old England to adorn,
Greater are none beneath the Sun
Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn."

(from A Tree Song by Rudyard Kipling: full poem/song at Kipling)

Trees must be a favourite topic for me because this is my second post with the same title (See Thematic Photography). 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.

Tresco Tree

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.

Trees in Tresco Abbey Gardens

All five of us stayed at the Tresco Island Hotel where I managed to get another shot when trees were not on my mind.

Block House Point from Old Grimsby

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.

Sam in the winter woods

Robert Frost had an approriate name for a for his poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening which ends:

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Before you sleep take a look at other trees at Sepia Saturday

A Horse Designed By A Committee

Sir Alec Issigonis, the designer of the Mini, is said to have described a camel as a horse designed by a committee. But if you ever want to see an animal designed for its surroundings look no further than the camel and it doesn't matter whether you like one hump or two:

Dromedary and Bactrian Camels

The Camel's hump is an ugly lump

Which well you may see at the Zoo;

But uglier yet is the hump we get

From having too little to do.

(Ruyard Kipling)

Resting camels - they are good at this.

This is an environment in which they thrive:

Imagine being behind a caravan this long on a motorway.

On holidays they have their uses, even if some of their load is overweight.

A few words of warning - never attempt to kiss a camel

Kissing Camels red rocks from inside the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs. 

By Beverly Lussier (cc-by-3.0)

Learn more about camels at Alan's Sepia Saturday 70