Beautiful autumn morning ....
1st
December 2016 (Thursday)
.... 09.30 What a braw night’s sleep
I had last night: I don’t know why, but
I slept like a log, and only woke up when I heard
‘Wallace and Gromit’,.... somewhere far away. That was at 05.45, so I turned over and ‘rose’
at 07.30..... had a cuppa then went down to the beach.
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| Interesting sky. |
It’s
a nice morning, though there is a cool breeze from the Northwest, and I’d say
that the sky is about 60% covered in clouds:
which the sun will thin out in ‘nae time’. There’s a braw drying wind.... I think I’ll
go and see if I can come up with some stuff to wash.
21.00 I wasn’t able to make use of the ‘drying
wind’; I didn’t have enough washing to
make a load; probably do that
tomorrow. Although it has been dry all
day, with the aforesaid wind, it has been cold, and I have spent most of the
time pottering around Ivy. Jimmy came
in earlier than usual for his morning cuppa, and read the ‘newness’ out of the
East Fife Mail: this is unlikely to
cause eyestrain. I read the Courier. Talking ... actually writing... about ‘eyestrain’,
Jimmy and I are both having our eyes tested on Tuesday morning in Anstruther
(Govan’s)... me at 09.00 (‘cos I’m the driver) and Jimmy at 09.30. The optician puts drops in the eyes, which
takes a wee
while to clear away.... hence me going ‘in’ first. We shall also visit a coffee shop to help
pass the time.
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| Elie Granary lit by the setting sun. |
This
afternoon we had the ‘Drop in Cafe’ ... I was going to ‘say’ that it was quiet,
but it wasn’t; it may not have been as
busy as I’ve seen it, but there was plenty chatting going on. As is our ‘norm’ Jimmy and I went to the
harbour to see what was happening down there. Bizarrely enough there were a number of
people around; I say bizarrely because
it, the harbour, is not the warmest of places. And, it’s not my favourite place for taking
a sunset photograph from; along in Elie, I think the Toft is best: you can get the granary, or the Terrace into
the photo. At the harbour you need a ‘model’
and I’m fresh oot o’ models just now!
Jimmy refuses to get out o’ his warm car, and ‘M’ is sweltering in Otaki,
being
threatened by attacks of ‘the mauchless’! I suppose a ‘selfie’ stick might be the
answer. Then again perhaps not!
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| Sunset - from Elie Harbour. |
Tomorrow’s
weather is forecast to much the same as today’s, but less windy; it should
might feel warmer! I think Jimmy and I
are going to Leven in the morning, and visiting Chris in the afternoon: a busy day, for the ‘boys’.
Photographs
: Top – bonnie sky at sunrise time, the sunrise was happening behind me, and
behind low clouds, Middle – this is where a ‘model’ was required; the granary lit by the setting sun, and Bottom
– sunset.
