15th
April 2019 (Monday)
.... 08.30 Welllll .... I can say,
without fear of
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| Elie. |
contradiction, that the harbour is not the place to be today; there a cauld wind blawin’ and I’d left my
gloves in the car. However I did get
myself a few photographs .... but even
they look cauld. That said, it was early morning (06.20) and the sun was behind clouds. I can’t imagine me doing much work outside
The Hutte today. The wind is F4 – 5 .... from the southeast.
14.30 The wind is still as frisky as it was this
morning, but there is a softer feel to it.... its warmer. Earlier, when it was cold, I baked scones,
using a recipe ‘donated’ to the Courier Weekend magazine by The British Golf
Museum, to celebrate ‘Tiger’ coming back:
let’s be honest.... golf without ‘Tiger’ was like the Tour de France
would be without bikes!
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| 30 minutes after sunrise time - Elie harbour. |
The scones are very tasty, but, having used the recipe
quantities, I ended up with 24 scones:
I’ll freeze 18. Now that the air
is warmer I’m going to scratch about outside.... probably make a start to painting
the front of the Hutte.... after I have a cuppa and a scone with raspberry
jam.
19.30 I
didn’t do any painting, but I did get everything organised ready to ‘go’ .....
tomorrow if the weather is suitable: it
was just a wee bit too windy (therefore cold) for me painting outside. I was able to do some gardening, in the
more sheltered bit of the garden; and drink
copious amounts of tea.... inside the Hutte.
Tomorrow’s weather is going to be much the same as today’s, but
cloudier; the
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| Early morning sunlit Elie. |
temperature should start
rising on Wednesday, and by the weekend we could be suffering a scorching
19c! Better get the shorts looked out. Thinking about it, I’d be best to leave any
painting until the cosier days!
Actually I might just do that; I’m
sure I could find some other thing to occupy my attention tomorrow.
I
put 15 scones in the freezer... ate three ... and have another six to eat over the
next couple of days. Freezing scones
solves a problem I’ve had since Jimmy died:
when Jimmy was around I baked scones, more or less once a week, and we
scoffed them in ‘nae time’. Now any
scones I make I have to eat myself; or,
like today, make a batch and freeze some.
Perfect.
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| Picture courtesy BBC TV. |
22.30 I’m watching the BBC coverage of Notre-Dame
burning. I suppose we should be
thankful that no lives have been lost.... at least not that we know of. Notre-Dame is a huge example of what humans
were capable of 800+ years ago: and watching Notre-Dame burning is overwhelmingly
sad. Will Notre-Dame Cathedral rise
from the ashes like the Pheonix bird from Greek mythology? I sincerely hope so. My thoughts and prayers are with the people
of Paris, France, and the World who love Notre-Dame.
