HI dotwoman, thanks for getting starting so quickly. I like the idea of the 3, but not olives... maybe golden drops of olive oil? not sure it would work but just an idea. I like the font but not the colors... I assume you were going with the Italian colors? Not keen on the olive branch in #5... a branch may work but a lot more subtle.
thanks dotwomen. 11 is a Spanish olive! You don't want to get into Italy vs Spain on the olive oil topic...they'll kick me out of the family! ;) I do like how TRE is more of a dominant part of the logo... might be good to go further with that and take "olive" down a step. The oil drops in 9 are too perfect... the idea came to me when I saw #2 as at first glance they looked like drops of oil... much smaller though.
I really appreciate the input, and want to make you 100% satisfied with the logo. Could you give me some hint as to what is not quite right with the branch? Thank you. Karen