Settling back.

The geese watch us wander down the path to the shore. As we pass the gate they rise into the air, circle the headland and then settle back down amid much irritated honking. A hare, startled by their antics, races away through the stubble. It sees us, does an improbable high speed turn  and then leaps over the stone dyke before disappearing in the long grass. By the waters edge a doe and her two fawns pause and look towards us. Mother decides we're too far away to be a threat. 

Grey and wet when we set off but by the time we've made it into town there's  some blue sky to be seen. We stop and look at a tree that has grown up through an old stone  wall. Which came first ? The tree or the wall ?

A little further down the road the medieval sight of spear tips pointing out over another garden wall. What historical re-enactment is being practised here ?

Bannockburn Scottie continues to be the centre of attention outside the town library. On a weekend he is usually to be found with toddlers clinging excitedly to his back.

Back at 'The last wee house before Denmark' Puppy rushes over to greet us with a newly found potato.  Some things in life simply must be shared. Puppy, it has to be said, lives a very magical Enid Blyton life.

The village and the villagers ( human and animal ) are  settling back into their winter routines.

Life ain't easy for an ant :https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/brain-altering-parasite-turns-ants-into-zombies-at-dawn-and-dusk/