Our gate guardian

As long as he doesn't fall down on us.






We love this tree in spite of the fact that he drops branches on the car and scatters the lawn with leaves and twigs and sows acorns all over the garden in innapropriate places.
Though we do wonder just how old and sound he is when it's very windy.

When I was very young, we had an elm tree like this and I used to climb it and terrify my Mum. Fortunately for my nerves the oak has no low branches to get a small person started.