The Daily Challenge

A little excitement each day - not too  much, for I'm an old man - is what keeps me going, particularly in winter when, despite the miles we walk, there's relatively little to be seen in the natural world. So, a photograph combining the recent red sunrises with the daily commute of pink-footed geese northwards in the early morning, seemed a challenge worth attempting, and this is the result, taken yesterday morning from our bedroom window.

Another challenge, which happens quite frequently as we walk along Squirrel Alley on our way down to the village, is to get a picture of one of the red squirrels which come to the squirrel feeders put out by the people in the houses that back onto the woods.

Again, yesterday, Fortune smiled, for no fewer than three red squirrels were running around in the trees, of which only this one paused for long enough for me to take its portrait.