1.0Spacing Montrealhttps://spacing.ca/montrealBronwyn Chesterhttps://spacing.ca/montreal/author/bronwyn/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ju5j7CW1h6"><a href="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2009/01/28/tree-tuesday-a-pine-for-robbie/">Tree Tuesday: A Pine for Robbie</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2009/01/28/tree-tuesday-a-pine-for-robbie/embed/#?secret=ju5j7CW1h6" width="600" height="338" title="“Tree Tuesday: A Pine for Robbie” — Spacing Montreal" data-secret="ju5j7CW1h6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> This lithe dancer on the snowswept stage of Parc Angrignon is none other than the Scots pine. Aptly enough, given the recent celebration of 250 years since the birth of fellow Scot, poet Robbie Burns, this tree, bright orange and green on a faded winter pallet, leapt to my attention. I don’t usually pay muchContinue readinghttp://spacing.ca/network/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2009/01/scots-pine-red.jpg