'Bright and sunny'.... the weather is too

7th March 2023 (Tuesday)    08.30.... It’s a ‘bright, sunny and cool’ morning;  I

Tidy bookcase.

imagine that the Coastal Path will be busy today.    Maggie and I did a lot of it... and I’d like to be able to do it again but that was in the good old days,    I get a lot of enjoyment biking, and hirpling, the local bits with the camera.

The bookcase is almost back to normal and will be before morrrrrning coffee;  the remainder of the day will spent resting my knee.   I might go for a short run in the car in the afternoon:  clouds usually start to build after lunch.

10.15     I have tested the smoke alarms and they are all working;   oh .... and I burnt the toast.   I’d put the toaster away to make room for books on the breakfast bar so used the grill.... not a good idea.   The books are all back in the bookcase and the toaster where it should be.   Funny thing is .... I didn’t have a sair knee when panicking to switch off the alarm!

15.30    It’s a long time since I had a run out to Shell Bay so, after lunch, I went out to the wee car parking bit, at Northwest corner of Shell Bay Caravan Park;  where the Cocklemill Burn enters Largo Bay.   It was a change of scene but my word it was cold.    I took a few photos from a seat that overlooks the Cocklemill Burn but didn’t hang around.   There was a definite feel o’ winter in the wind: I was glad to get in the car and enjoy the warm sun for a few minutes.  

Largo Bay

 21.00    The night sky is bonnie; sparkling stars all over, with the constellations easy to find.   Orion is high in the sky particularly clear at this time of the year.    On nights like this I used to like walking the dog(s) on the golf course.    It’s a bonnie night and frosty;  I’m wondering if the Aurora will be active tonight.... there’s ‘that feeling’ in the air.   There’s going to be a frost.

I am happy now that the old bookcase has been tidied up;  I’ll do the other bookshelves (in living room) next winter.   My knee needs a rest... in fact tomorrow is going to be a rest day.   There’s a Yellow Warning for snow and ice that is ‘active’ until 10.00 tomorrow morning.


Popular posts from this blog

Pittenweem swimming pool....

Image
20th September 2017 (Wednesday) ... 13.30    When I went along to Elie for the papers this morning, I got slightly diverted and ended up along at the old Pittenweem tidal swimming pool.  Pittenweem  swimming pool.    Unfortunately we have a, mostly overcast, with occasional spits and spots of rain, morning.     I must go back on a ‘bright and  sunny’ morning... this will show up the different colours of the sandstone rocks etc better.    It is an interesting spot, and would have been busy in the 1930’s , 40’s and 50’s.        20.30     My day has been spent pottering around Ivy... including baking a batch of wholemeal scones.    Note to self .... I must remember to freeze some of them this time;  rather than feed them to Blob and his pals.     It has been a grey and sometimes damp day;  not a day for bumbling about outside.    The ‘cold’ that I had last night didn’t come to anything.... I must have been tired after Solid infrastructure at Pittenweem swimming pool. my wand
Read more

Cold and overcast ....

Image
18th April 2024 (Thursday)    08.00 .... The Fife Weather cams are all showing an overcast sky:  rain hasn't reached Fife so far, but is expected to arrive by mid morrrrrrrning...."light rain and a fresh Westerly breeze" being the forecast until later in the afternoon;  but we're going to end the day with a bonnie evening.  Hmmmmm .... I don't think I'll be painting any bits of the shed today; and that was my project to take my mind off the car.   Computer stuff it will have to be:  I'm actually in a writing mood so this might not be a wasted day. 09.00   Forget the heap oops... car (it's in the 'bad car' corner);  I'm excited because the workmen are here to begin work on the patio. They arrived a wee while ago;  unfortunately spits and spots o' rain arrived at the same time and, if  the rain is heavy and prolonged they won't be able to do much.   Showers are OK but not prolonged rain.  Must 'go' got to have another cuppa
Read more

Quiet morning ....

Image
 5th October 2023 (Thursday)     09.30.... The crock pot has been fired up with a batch o’ Scotch Broth, George’s bucket has been put out for tomorrow morning....I have had breakfast, and now on my third cuppa of the morning; hoping for a stress free day.   The past two days were not stress free. Yesterday began really well.... I got the car insurance sorted, and was   settling down to check FB.    I saw a photograph captioned ‘Seal on a floe .... or was it?’   Being inquisitive I ‘clicked’ on it;   and that   was it .... flashing warnings all over the computer screen.     I’d been hacked.   A small window appeared purporting to be from Microsoft Security so I clicked on that and got an 0800 number to phone;    which I did and was answered by an Indian.     That’s when I should have pulled the plug on the computer.    However, h e as very   plausible so I began to follow his instructions for a few minutes... then  began to get suspicious;   especially when he began to insist that I
Read more