An olive tree is just a tree - or is it?

Brilliant blog.. well done. :o)

Ta everso TT - I'm reallly quite chuffed that I managed to do it at all ----- !!!!

Brilliant blog and such wonderful photos, Terry. I'm very glad that you managed to do it, too! Don't agree that they're just simple trees though - I think they are nature at its best and most resilient. Fantastic, well done.

Blimey Gee - you'll be making me blush - !!

Amazing trees ~also a sign of friendship!

Those trees must be very old. I enjoyed all the photos. Thanks. I wonder if anything lives in that hole in one of the trees. It looks nice and cosy in there.

lovely trunks and plants a good age too.

Wow....where there is life, aye? Terrific Photos!!! What does it smell like to walk through a grove of olive trees? Do they have a characteristically distinct scent? What are the blossoms like? I have a Russian Olive in my garden..it's fruit are only edible by the birds...but it's blossoms have the sweetest scent. mmmm... olive oil.

Loved the blog and the photos, we have an olive tree it is now ten years old.....lots of olives on at the moment, but is is a mere baby compared to the ones in your pictures lol

Thank you everybody for all your appreciative comments - it took me ages to suss out how to do a blog with photos so I'm pretty chuffed with the end result....

Lori, I sent a photo ages ago with the tiny little olive blossom - if I find it, I'll either tag it onto the end of this blog or resend it for you. I've never noticed any particular smell - I just love the grey green colour of the leaves and the aura of peace these groves exude .. Sueb - friendship, yes lovely thought ....

Dottydaisey - give it time, give it time - centuries don't come quickly ..... Seaburngirl - some olive trees are centennial ....

Hywel - I bet many a stray cat has created a nice cool home in those nooks and crannies - not to mention all the horrible creepy crawlies that could be in there ....

like lizards, and beetles and bats! OH MY! lol....

Lovely photo's.....lovely trees. Thanks for showing them to me/us. I have two, but the tallest is only about 2 metres!

Give them time, Phil, give them time - these have been around for quite a while !!!

Great photos and comments Terry, some were how I imagined Ents would look (Lord of the Rings read many moons ago). I've never seen the film so don't know how they depicted them but they needn't have looked any further. :-))

You have a very good point there Bornagain ! ....