Whitcomb & HessLogo Design Contest

Designers, thank you for all the good submissions over the weekend. Before we pick our finalists, we need to see some "Pictoral Mark" designs. Almost everything posted so far are "Letterform" which we aren't convinced we want. Think of images you think of when you think of stability, authentic relationships, growth. I don't want to tell you what to design -- we'd like YOUR creative ideas, but if you don't have other ideas, perhaps a tree? We want to see your design skills and the letterform designs don't give us enough to see to choose finalists. Thanks!