Retirement?

I don't understand how, having retired just 4 weeks ago, I have been as busy as ever in these last few days.

Still, there are compensations.  Wonderful autumn mornings have let me find some great new places to walk Laddie.  This pic was taken by Helen when we were in NYC - but it's Laddie and November foliage, and very typical of our walks last week.

We've had some good views of wildlife too: lots of green woodpeckers, we surprised a pheasant the other day and his cackle as he escaped surprised Laddie, red kites circling, and a kestrel perched in a tree we were walking underneath.  It was a female - nice to be able to tell the difference!  Which reminds me, we've not had any game birds for dinner yet this season.  Have to correct that.