Very autumnal feel to the air .....

1st October 2016 (Saturday) ...09.00     We have ‘wall to wall’ sunshine this morning, but it was cold down on the beach at sunrise... at that time it felt very autumnal in the light North Westerly breeze;  but it was beautiful. 

Elie ten minutes before sunrise

  

There was a lot going ‘on’ down there this morning;  for a start three Herons, who had been dotted along the rocks, suddenly found themselves too close together .... that was soon sorted out with a few ‘threats’ by the one at the top of the pecking order.    Along at the Breakwater a group of canoeists arrived, and were soon paddling their way across the bay;   with there being hardly any wind the sea is flat calm, and perfect for pottering about on.    Yes it’s a lovely morning for being ‘out’ and enjoying the beauty that is all around us, in our especial corner of Mother Earth.

Canoeists out early on Elie Bay

21.30     This has been a beautiful, early autumn day, ....  perfect for enjoying doing stuff outside;   having said that I’m feeling ... sort of lethargic, today.    However that hasn’t stopped me:   I biked up to the Coffee morning at Kinneuchar kirk.... via Elie estate.   The loch was like a mirror, ... with Kilconquhar Church, and the village reflected in it, it was a haven of peace.    I wasn’t the first at the boathouse, because there footprints in the wet grass... it was a bonnie place to be.   I hope, whoever it was, got photographs!

The Coffee Morning was a real friendly and happy, ‘get thegither’.... a Coffee Morning is judged by the noise level of the folks chattering.   Using that method  I’d say that this “CM” was an outstanding success!    I did intend going back through the Estate on the

Kilconquhar loch

way home, but a breeze had risen by then and the mirror look, of the loch, had passed.

Jimmy appeared late in the afternoon;   Jimmy and Donald been along visiting Chris in the afternoon.    I didn’t hear Jimmy ringing the doorbell so he went up to the Hutte and fed “Blob”, then rang the doorbell again on the out.... this time I did hear it.   We had a cuppa in the Hutte.

This has been a beautiful autumnal day, and tomorrow is forecast to be the same... after a colder night;   I’ll be well wrapped up tomorrow morning at sunrise time (07.18)!     I’m wondering if the Aurora Borealis will be visible tonight ... if the sky is clear, and it, the ‘Aurora’, is

Elie Bay at sunset time

active.   

I’ve had an enjoyable day, in spite of feeling lethargic... although that ‘feeling’ has left me, now that it’s getting near bedtime.

Photographs : Top – the sky over Elie ten minutes before sunrise, Next – five canoeists on the water immediately after sunrise, Next – a mirror like Kilconquhar loch, and Bottom – Elie Bay at sunset time.