Trees I : The Armoured Warrior

First in a series of three, all taken at San Anton Gardens, each depicting a different character of tree.

This is a no-nonsense kind of tree...the outward face it shows the world is a covering of sharp spines. They don't mince words; Stay Away, they say, in a universal language comprehensible just about anything that moves. Here we have a tree that won't take crap from anyone.