Nice morning.....

6th December 2023 (Tuesday)    08.45....it's a bonnie, frosty morning and there could be ice on

Little Egret

the pavements, so take care.   We had a red sky sunrise, an early warning of the weather coming our way tomorrow.   'Blob' has had his morning snack, and I've had my breakfast;  I think I need another cuppa before to liven me up a bit.  

13.30    I was in loads o' time for Myra's birthday lunch at the 19th;  24 hours early.   For some reason I have been thinkin' that Myra's birthday was on Wednesday 7th December;  it's on the 7th right enough but that isn't today!   I'll probably be late tomorrow!

It's a lovely day out ... and things are happening all over the place.  The cabling is going in for fibre connection Broadband.  I'm happy enough with the speed I have so won't bother with fibre; apparently fibre is best if you do gaming etc.  I don't.  Anyway the cabling people were unloading a  tractor digger thing off a trailer on Ferry Road so fibre has coming to the Ferry;  they have been working in Elie for the past few weeks. 

His 'Nibs' with new friend!

I'm thinkin' that I need to organise food now;  I'll defrost Scotch Broth and have that for lunch.

19.00   We have another Yellow Warning for ice on the pavements and roads tomorrow morning; which the forecast is for us to have 'heavy rain with strong winds' most of the day so, if the pavements are icy when the rain arrives they will be really slippery for a while.





22.30   I watched the last episode of Shetland..... and I still feel that it's unfinished.    Maybe it's me but there seems to be a few loose ends still flapping around in my head.   I mean there's the young laud that

found a holdall full of money at the end;  I assume he is now wandering around Shetland wondering what to spend it on.   There must be another series to come.

The Little Egret was a surprise ;  they are birds of the Mediterranean area but, with global warming have been breeding in the south of England for a few years now.   They are occasional visitors to Scotland;  who know they might eventually start breeding up here in a few years.

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