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Bonnie sunrise sky ....

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17th January 2024 (Friday)    10.15 .... It was a quiet kind of morning, so went down to the beach to catch the sunrise (08.32) sky.  There was a breeze but not much and I was well wrapped up.   Anyway I got a load of 'sunrise' time' photos.... and had my exercise for the morning!   I am now ready for morrrrrrning coffee. 17.00     This has been a mostly grey day;  in fact sunrise, and sunset time were the best  bits.  So it could be e brighter day tomorrow. Work continues at the Ferry Road sub station and the trench has been reopened right across the road;  the bit on the East side has a cover over the filled in trench to allow the traffic to pass reasonably 'bump' free.  I was wondering how I was going to get any messages to my door, but the traffic management workmen reset the lights etc. for the weekend, leaving a couple of parking places.   This cheered me up, so I went to Ainster Store and did a ...
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Bonnie sunrise sky ....

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16th January 2025 (Thursday)     09.00 .... Unfortunately I was still in my 'loungers' at sunrise time or I would have gone to the beach to get the brilliant sunrise sky.    I did think about donning a jacket and going down, but common sense prevailed!   (Doesn't always)!    Anyway we had a gorgeous sky, at the start of what is forecast to be a "sunny with moderate breeze" day.... but slightly cooler. 11.30     Temporary traffic lights have been set up on Ferry Road;  and it's to do with cabling, not the roof of No3 Flat.  It's part of the same work as is going on in th  Ferry High Street.   My car is now moored up round at the 19th... that reminds me;  I'm going round there for lunch at 13.00.   Oh ... there's definitely a chillier feel to the air today. 20.30   Lunch at the 19th was very enjoyable:  the food and service was excellent.   Kirsty and I had Chicken...
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Warm but cloudy ....

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15th January 2025 (Wednesday)     08.45 ..... we have a mostly cloudy but start to Wednesday, but the forecast is;  'sunny with a moderate breeze', so a nice day  once the sun gets going.   The first thing I noticed, when out feeding 'Blob' at 07.30, was how warm the it was!   It feels like a balmy Spring morning!  In fact, I might take a turn round The Ferry on the bike later. 11.45   The sky has cleared to give us a bright and breezy day.   In fact the breeze is...well ... more of a wind than a breeze, so there's a bit of wind chill.  That said it's a nice day (a braw drying day) and I might get the bike out after lunch.    I've been to the Surgery to hand in the result of the hearing test I had the other day;  all I do now is await the Doctor's decision as to whether I need a hearing aid, or not.   If the answer is 'yes' I'll probably have to go to the House of Hearing (St Andrew...
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Nice morning ....

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14th January 2024 (Tuesday)    08.30 .... we had a bonnie sunrise sky to start the day.... and the weather forecast is good.   There has been some overnight dampness, and there's a lot of cloud just now, but the forecast is "sunny intervals with a moderate breeze".    And ... it's going to be warm (for this time of year).  15.30   We have had a nice enough day, but the air was cooler than I expect ed to be.   Bruce's car was showing 9C so  it was actually warm for January.   Anyway I had a short walk up to the golf course, which turned out to be an interesting one;  there was a bonnie 'light' about, and things happening, on (and off) the course.   That reminds me;  I hung out a washing this morning.   It hasn't been a great 'drying day' but I'd better check to see how dry it is. 22.30    This morning I found a film 'The Brave don't cry' (1952) about the Knockshinnoch mining dis...
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Overcast and damp ....

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13th January 2025 (Monday)     09.00 .... the sky is overcast, and, although dry just now light rain is forecast, and to be with us most of the daylight hours.   The air is warmer, but feels cool when exposed to the fresh breeze.   I'm feeling frisky, but the weather is against me actually being frisky;  this will end up being a 'rest day'.   We had a bonnie sky at sunrise time;  had I noticed it sooner I might have gone to the beach.... I then remembered that it would be windy down there!   I had another cuppa instead! 19.30   It has been a funny old day for me.    I was planning on going Methil to annoy Alice but felt a couple of degrees under the weather.   I assume it is the change in the weather.   Anyway I ended up with with a hoarse throat so decided to 'self isolate' until that clears up.  Bring on Spring and the 'daffy down dilly' weather! I had some stuff to take to t...
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Cloudy but dry .....

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12th January 2025 (Sunday)   09.30 ....  Although cloudy just now, 'sunny intervals with a light breeze'  is today's weather forecast.   It's cold but not freezing this morning ....and; we can look forward to the air turning warmer over the next couple of days!    Havin' said that;  I prefer frosty and sunny mornings to a grey and damp one, as it is at them moment.   Bring on the sunshine!  15.45   The beach was fairly busy when I was down there at midday(ish).   The sun was trying hard to break through;  actually it was creating a lovely soft light at the time, so that was well photographed.   It was cold, though not of the frosty kind:  the kind of cold we had at that time was the raw damp kind.   I prefer the frosty kind!   The sun eventually broke through for a wee while, but not long enough to have me unearthing the sun cream! I had a short wander along the bents...
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Bonnie, frosty morrrrrrrrrning .....

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11th January 2025 (Saturday)    09.30 ....It's a lovely, bright sunny and frosty, morrrrrrrrrrning;  a morning for walking.  It has been the coldest night of the winter (so far) up in the Northwest Highlands (Altnaharra -18.7C).   We were only -2C.   It's going to be another cold day, but with only a light breeze walking dogs will be very enjoyable.... and could feel warm in the sun.   I might try for the beach in the middle part of the day. 11.45   After scraping the car windscreen I decided to go to St Minnins to warm up the car (the squirters were frozen).   At St Minnins I had a walk out on the Middle pier, took a load of photographs to 'play' with, then came home by way of Balbuthie Loan and Kinneuchar.   The Balbuthie road had patches of black ice  so I was extra careful.   And there's a bank of fog along the 'sooth side' and  towards Kirkcaldy;  which the sun might shift. 17....
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