Wintry feel to the air ....

7th December 2022 (Wednesday)    08.00 ....It’s cold this morning but not

Sunlit 'East Lomond'

frosty;  ‘sunny intervals with a moderate breeze’ is our weather forecast’, so .... a good drying day.   I haven’t been to the beach, but will go out in the car once the sun gets going.    It should be warm in the sun and out of the wind;  but there’s going to be a wintry feel to the air all day.   (It’s mornings like this I wish I was a politician with no worries about my heating bill).   I’m vertical and feeling ‘nae bad’;  this cold weather agitates the asthma, but otherwise almost ready to go ‘out to play’.

12.00    Although cold it’s a bonnie morning to be out.... but well wrapped up.   I’ve been for the paper(s) in the car.... and down to the harbour, then home by way of Balbuthie.   I won’t go out on the bike, but might go for a short daunder in the afternoon.   


16.30    I’ve enjoyed ‘today’ even though the cold weather means ‘nae biking’ just now.   However I went to the harbour to watch the sunset (car,) then came home via Kinneuchar.   The sun was well down by the time I got to Kinneuchar but I got some pics o’ the full moon.    The air feels like we could have frost tonight though I think it’s supposed to be colder down south.

I’m going to be working in the kitchen this evening batch cooking some ‘Cottage Pies’;  that’s  a warm job.   Actually I think I’ll start that job now... I’m hungry.

21.00    The cooking session went smoothly and I have three Cottage Pies to put into the freezer before bedtime.   Normally I’d do a double batch but for some reason I only bought one pack of mince the last time I was shopping.   

‘Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze’ is our forecast for Thursday;  and Fife is included


in an Yellow warning for snow and ice.   The warning is ‘active' until midday on Friday (9th).   The weather (temperature) dictates everything I do just now... the asthma is triggered by cold air.    There’s an ‘Afternoon Tea’ in the Kirk Hall tomorrow afternoon at 14.00... I think this used to be called the ‘Drop In Cafe’.     I’ll go to that (in the car) .... unless the weather is bitterly cold.

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