Alberto's Hutte

14th February 2026 (Saturday)  .... This is "St Valentine's Day".... the day of love and red roses.     9.45 .... We have a lovely, bright, sunny and chilly morning.   I see that the sun has cleared the car windscreen,so I might go to the harbour after morning coffee.   There's a washing going through the machine just now, which I'll hang out though I doubt if it will dry because there's only a light breeze. 17.00    It has been a lovely, sunny day;  but it was cold.    I went to Elie to hand in my prescription, and to the 'paper Shop' .    I had intended going to the harbour but, for some reason, the roads were busy and there was loads of people wandering around.    In fact when I reversed out to come home a stream of traffic came the other way and I had to wait until they passed before I got going.   I went up the Elie road, then down Ferry road for a wee run.   Not much happen there;...

13th February 2026 (Friday)     18.45    Apologies for being late with 'The Hutte' this mor ... er .... evening.   I have had a busy day.     Alice was coming so I thought I'd better go round wi' the 'Hoover'.   The I spotted some dust on the TV cabinet;  but being a clever boy I thought I'd close the thermal curtains, to keep the heat 'in'.... and forget about the dusting.   We were going to have a 'picnic';  an indoor picnic, that Alice was bringing with her. Oh .... we woke up to a wintry looking morning;  and a cold one because the snow/sleet had frozen on the car windscreen.   I fed the two 'Blobs' (they are both boys so start fechtin' as doon as they see each other) so I feed one at the back door and the other at the front door. Alice arrived about 11. 20, by which time I was organised and had the kettle 'on'.   By this time the sun was up and we had a lovely morning, albeit ...

12th February 2026 (Thursday)      10.00 .... We have a cold and damp start to the morning, but there are blue patches in the sky so we should have sunny spells..... but it's much colder than it has been of late.   In fact a cold spell is forecast with the chance of snow and ice tomorrow morning.  I haven't been further than the front gate, and there's not much to see there ... looking North.   I might go out in the car later, but I'm going to wash the bath room, kitchen and  lobby floors before having morning coffee.   That will be my 'work' for today.  That job is 'hard work' now. 20.30    It has been a nice day, albeit cold with the occasional shower, but brighter than recent days.   I eventually got the floors washed;  and that was me finished with work for the day.   Oh... I was watching the modern skiing' race, the Moguls' at the Winter Olympics for a while this after noon.   I...

11th February 2026 (Wednesday)     09.30 ....I don't think I could ever get to like this kind of weather!    I might like a couple of days of it in August, after two months o' sunshine in June and July!    Anyway, we have a 'wet and windy' day here, with no mention of 'sunny spells'!   But I could be wrong.   I'll have a run up to the 'paper shop' sometime this morning.  I used to think all the traffic on Ferry Road was running on battery power;  I now know that they aren't!    12.00    I went to the 'Paper Shop' and could hear everybody talking, which was a bit of a problem, but my brain will get used to that.  This is the first time I have been in in a shop with number of people.   It is a wet and miserable day... and, I  think it is turning colder.   That's all we need windy, wet and cold! That's my trip out for today .... and I remembered to buy the papers!   ...

10th February 2026 (Tuesday)      09.45 ..... We have a grey, breezy and damp;  with light rain now and again.   Much of the UK has this weather;  some parts with Weather Warnings for heavy rain.   A couple of things I've noticed this morning;  Ferry Road isn't as quiet as I thought it was, and the clock in the kitchen actually ticks.   I wonder what the 'Hoover' sounds like?    This is going to be a tidy up day!  16.00    I have has a good day in spite of it being dull and sometimes wet.   I've done some tidying up, sorting out the settings on the hearing aids, and watching the Olympics now and again.   That included  trying out the Hoover for noise!   It was noisy! .... so I decided to set the hearing aids to the volume that suited me best.   That involved reading the 'rools' to find out how to to the adjusting the volume  .... and other things with th...

9th February 2026 (Monday)     07.45 .... It's damp after overnight rain, but the sky, though mostly cloudy is showing the promise of 'sunny spells' with light rain /showers.     I'll have another cuppa then get of to Methil.    Looking forward to getting my hearing aids. 20.00    My hearing aids are amazing;   I can hear with both ears;  for the first time  in many years.   I can't believe the difference;  I didn't think my hearing really bad.... but it is ... oops ... was!   The technician said that they weren't fully charged, and that I'd have to charge them sometime this afternoon.    I managed to get the charger set up and plug the hearing aids into the charger.   Getting the aids  back in the lugs is a bit tricky but I'll get the hang o' that.   It takes a week or two for the brain to accept the new hearing;  but it does.     Oh .......