Bring back the lovely cool days ....

25th May 2017 (Drop in Cafe) .... 10.00    Oh dear .... bring back the lovely cool days;   it was 20c in Ivy garden at 09.00.... and I’ve had to “cast a cloot before
'Visitors' on Elie pier.

May is oot”, it’s that warm.

So far today I have been along to Elie on the bike, photographed the villages  ‘tae bits’ from the harbour, got wakened up, by ‘Jock’, when I was crossing the High Street, bought the papers, then back to Ivy for breakfast, before going along to Sainsbury’s;   I like to get some food stocks in, and the car ‘moored up’ before the weekend.... and this is a holiday weekend so the villages will be busy;   especially if the weather is good.    The messages are ‘away’ and I am now ready for a cuppa.
21.00     It has been ‘bright, sunny and warm’ all day .... at one point it was 23c in Ivy garden;   this is verging on ‘the mauchless’ temperatures.    I have been doing ladder
Lifeguard hut now on site or the summer season.
work again, and I am, yet again, surprised at how my hip and knee muscles have coped.    That said I only do ‘ladder work’ once every 4 years, so they are bound to be ‘enjoying’ the exercise.... I think!

The ‘Drop in Cafe’ was quiet at first, this was understandable considering the ‘bright and sunny’ weather we had outside;   however a steady stream of visitors over the afternoon.     We have another five ‘Drop in Cafe days’ before the
The harbour beach.
summer break.
Summer is definitely going to happen this year:   the Lifeguard’s Hut has been put on site.    I must admit to enjoying this spell of weather, and would be happy for it to continue for a few weeks.   That said the garden could be doing with some water;   ‘water’ will happen later on Saturday afternoon/evening.

 ‘The second day of summer’ is forecast to happen tomorrow ....  that will be  summer over;   it’s forecast to rain later on Saturday.   Actually when you think about it .... there are only 27 days until the Summer Solstice;  then it’s all downhill to winter .... (and 213 days until Christmas).    Jings this has been a quick year!


Photographs : Top – a pair of Eider duck on Elie pier, Middle – definitely summer ... the lifeguard Hut has been put ‘on site’, and Bottom – Elie Harbour beach.

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