Bright, breezy and cold ....

24th November 2023 (Friday)    08.00....the weather forecast for KY9 is 'sunny with a moderate

Swimmers off harbour the beach.

breeze' ... and we do have a bonnie, fresh morning.   The only problem is where the breeze is coming from;  and that's the Artic..... so it's cool cauld.  The garden thermometer is at 3C, but, if you factor in the wind chill it feels like -3C.   Not a morning to go out to play:  that said, it's forecast to be colder on Saturday and Sunday so maybe this is the 'play day'.... and there could be interesting clouds!   

16.30    I was feeling sort of brave, and the sun was well up in the sky, so went to the harbour (in the car) to take a few 'today' at Elie and Earlsferry photographs.   Anyway I got the photos and they are now in the Alber Archive.  There was some unexpected action down at the harbour; brave girls having a swim off the harbour beach being the main action.  I'd been feeling cold up to that point, but the thought of the cold wind hitting them when they came out of the water made me feel much warmer.  I didn't linger too long and was glad to get back home to put the kettle on'. 

20.00    There has been a lot of progress in the back garden:  Lewis got a lot of pointing done and another couple of his mates came and removed no longer needed scaffolding and tidied up the ground.  Weather permitting, Lewis will finish the stone cladding next week.   It is looking absolutely amazing.


Apart from my trip to the harbour in the car I stayed in Ivy out of the cold and did a bit of drawing and watching some good News from the Middle East. 
 Regarding the Middle East:  I can't imagine what kind of human beings decide to have an 'interlude' from killing for four days to allow the exchange of   hostages/prisoners.... then start killing again on Day 5.  Surely the thing to do is get round the table and sort out the root cause of the hatred, replace it with common sense and  peace.... and stop the killing.  I know about the evil atrocities of October 7th;  but the hatred existed long before October 7th 2023.

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