Alberto's Hutte

14th  November 2026 (Saturday)     10.00 .... Although the patio thermometer is showing 7C, and therefore warmer than it was at this time yesterday, it actually feels much colder due to a combination of windchill and a raw, damp air.    I had sort of thought about getting 'up' early and going to the 'Paper Shop' for a paper, then have a run down to the harbour,  but changed my mind when I stuck my nose out at the back door at 07.00.   I went back to bed and eventually surfaced at 08.15.   This is most likely going to be a 'stay in and warm' day;  doing stuff around Ivy, and on the computer.  Although mostly cloudy just now we do have 'sunny spells':  unfortunately they don't add very much to the temperature, but they are bright and cheerful spells!   I need an early morning coffee! .... and put my hearing aids in!   16.30    The wind moderated in the afternoon,  so we lost most of th...

13th November 2026   (Friday)    10.00 .... We have a lovely sunny morning, with a cool WNW breeze, a really nice morning to be out:  in fact I might venture out with the 'hurdy gurdy' later.   Having planned on getting 'up' early, to go to the 'Paper Shop' then down to the harbour;  I slept 'in'!   I've had breakfast, and now in a Slight  'Flap On' state   There's a small washing going through the machine, so I'll get that on the line before morning coffee;  then I'll come up with a new plan.    'Blob' has been fed! 11.30    I've been catching up with the News:  the problems Microsoft are having all over the World, including the NHS in the UK probably explains why I got a 'rogue' message, when trying to make an appointment,  on the Surgery phone yesterday.    It's a routine blood test appointment with the Nurse, so I'll leave it until Monday now. There is a chilly air today, as I fo...

12th November 2026 (Thursday)     09.15 .... It's a lovely morning here in KY9;  wall to wall hazy blue, sky, with a cool North Westerly breeze.    A bonnie morning to go 'out and about'..... I might take the 'hurdy gurdy' for a short walk later;    it depends on the wind chill.   I'm feeling "brighter eyed and bushier tailed" than I was yesterday!   Having checked my incoming e-mails last night; I have 'office work' to so this morning.  I switched the  kettle 'on' before updating The Hutte.  I now need an early morning coffee;  that will help me make a 'plan of action' for today. 16.00     This has been a lovely, late Autumn 'get out and play' kind of day; albeit a cool one!    My 'plan'  had me going  for a run in the car, to the Store in Anstruther,  where I did a wee bit of shopping, before travelling  home by way of the country roads, to admire the Autumn c...

11th November 2026 (Wednesday)    Armistice Day   09.00 .... It's a nice morning, light broken cloud with sunny spells, and a light Westerly breeze.   My day started with a migraine so that's a bit of a a bummer;  I've taken a couple of pills, and will be ready for 'action' in an hour or so.   Unfortunately early morning migraine's are there for most of the day, and they do interfere with  'playtime'.   I had planned on this being a 'rest day' anyway, so all is good  at Ivy.   Including 'Blob'! 12.30    The migraine put a brake on activity, but the worst of it is past and I'm starting to feel playful.  Well, maybe not quite playful, but definitely in a more 'want to do something mood.   It's still a nice day here, mostly light cloud but the sun is breaking through to give us 'sunny spells' now and again.   Up till a few minutes ago I thought the village was awfie quiet;  then I ...

10th November 2026 (Tuesday)     09.15 .... Although cloudy just now, it's actually a nice, quiet kind of morning, with a lot of blue bits starting to appear.   'Blob' even seems to be content:  mind you that probably means there isn't a cat in the vicinity!   Me?    This is the best I've felt since having the Flu' jab two weeks ago.  I'm not too keen on the after effects of the Flu' jab:  I've noticed that, whenever I have a Flu' jab, for two or three weeks, the brain is a bit addled.  I don't like that.   Anyway it's two weeks since I had the jab, and I am feeling 'normal me' this morning.   The COVID booster doesn't have that side effect.  I'm a 'happy boy'. 21.20    This has been a beautiful  Autumn day;  sunny and warm, with hardly a breath of wind,    That said, the wind is to be from the north later in the week, bringing a drop in temperature.   Not ...

9th November 2026 (Monday)  10.15 ..... Ir's a peaceful morning.   Not a great drying day because there's only a light breeze;  but I have hung out shower towels anyway.    They are bound to be a wee bit drier by 16,00.    That's when I should get back home, from my appointment at the Skeith Centre. I haven't been anywhere, in fact I won't go out until I go to the Skeith Centre.    There's housework that I need to do (a quick run round wi' the hoover). 17.00    I've had a successful mission to the the Skeith Centre;  so that's it for another threes= months.    On the way home I stopped to take photographs of a sunset lit Balcarres Crag.   Sunset time was the best part of the day for light.   That said, the trip to the Skeith Centre was the only time I was 'out and about'.i   I'm feeling slightly 'under the weather'... which I usually am, after a 'flu jab. Being hungry , I think...