I set off today to try to find a picture to put at the top of the Blog.  I had been using a picture of daisies, but that does not seem right for midwinter.   The sun was shining brightly on the big field beside the Auchlethen road.  I often see deer here, but there were none today.   The picture looks OK in the usual format but it does not really cut down well to fit the top of the page.

I will just have to keep trying!

Watching me from the field on the other side of the road were some cattle, munching away at their elevenses.   I see them from time to time when I walk up this road – a couple of calves, a bullock as well as the mothers.   Unfortunately there was just too much contrast between the shadows and the bright snow, so no successful photographs of my spectators.

The cattle seemed quite unperturbed at the camera and even at the dogs.   I hitched Lily and Poppy up to a tree while I tried to take the pictures.   At least I got one picture which works quite well.