Christmas Day....

 25th December 2023 (Monday)    09.45.... It's a beautiful non white Christmas morning here

Boris

looking North, and a bit dull and overcast looking to the South.   Santa (Bless his furry face) has been and left presents under the Christmas tree; to be opened after breakfast.... and Iain has just brought me a cuppa.  Boris disappeared; and was eventually found raking about under the Christmas tree.... leaving me to do the 'blog'.  Like his namesake he is a bit erratic when it comes to saying something...and actually doing it.  Oh... he's now out jogging and will take charge in an advisory capacity....later.   His jogging route takes him past 3 pubs and a Fish 'n Chip shop.

12.15    My word.... the presents have been opened with many 'oooohs and aaahs'.... with puzzle books already testing the brain!   Santa is a clever boy... he always brings things that I need and like!  Hazel set about  separating Sellotape from wrapping paper for re-cycling, while Boris claimed  all the edible goodies.


The sky has clouded over so we have a dull but dry day, with a look of rain to come about it.

17.00    We've had a lovely, and tasty Christmas lunch after which we did various individual things;  I fell asleep for about an hour.... now I am ready to tackle some puzzles to exercise the auld brain,   Boris has left me i/c.

22.00    I have enjoyed my 'Backhill of Inkhorn'  Christmas (Auchnagatt) and feel at long last I've  shaken off that lingering COVID feeling.   Tomorrow's weather is going to be 'bright and sunny'  here so we're thinking of going to Collieston to get some photographs.   Collieston is on the North Sea coast and has a small, picturesque harbour. At one time the villagers would have worked the sea for a living;  although now a holiday home village it still retains it's olde worlde look.

We were playing Wii golf this evening and I was absolute rubbish:  batteries will be bought at


Morrison' s (Dundee), for my Wii handsets, so that I can practice for next Christmas.

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