Alberto's Hutte

6th January 2026 (Tuesday)     09.45 .... Bit of a change this morning;  we've had an inch of snow fall overnight!    I ventured down to Ferry Corner to get a few photographs (I probably shouldn't have, but I took my time and had my stick) for the Archive.    The sky is mostly overcast so we might get another shower;  could be of snow, or sleet.... but best of all rain!   I cancelled travelling to see Alice;  it's not driving weather .... for me anyway.  There is traffic going down Ferry Road but going real canny. It's a 'stay in  and warm' day for me.  And it's cuppa time! 16.30     Thankfully the snow had melted away by early afternoon;  and we now have a breeze that should dry the roads by morning.   Unless we have more rain overnight.     The temperature is 4.8C just now.... and I'm hoping that it stays above freezing all night;  if it does freeze we could ha...

5th January 2026 (Monday)     10.30 .... It's a beautiful, sunny morning, but it's chilly.   I haven't  ventured as far as the thermometer yet, but it felt frosty when I fed 'Blob' this morning.   I cancelled going to see Alice today as she has am  workman coming sometime today, and has to stay in until he has been.   Unfortunately she didn't get a time, so it could be anytime of day.   My 'plan' for today? .....  I'll go for a short run in the car once the air is warmer.   In the meantime I'm going to do the ironing;  after another cuppa to get me intae gear.   And brave enough to  go out and  have a look at the thermometer! 17.00     Well it had been a bonnie, sunny but cold day.   I went to the 'Paper Shop' (in the car) to buy four items and remembered three of them.   I could not think of the fourth;  not until I was back at Ivy.  ...

4th January 2026 (Sunday)     11.45 ..... we have a bonnie sunny day here in Elie ans Earlsferry;  Balcarres House but it is cold, with a light Northerly breeze.   It was 1.3C on the thermometer 20 minutes ago, when I was hanging out a  small washing.   I don'e expect the washing to dry completely;  as long as it doesn't freeze it should dry a wee bit. I've been reasonably busy, having done an ironing;  the next thing will be a cuppa then think about a 'lite bite' lunch.    I might venture out in the car in the afternoon. 20.00   It has been a lovely sunny day, but also a cold one.   Surprisingly, the washing I hung out almost dried;  I thought it might have frozen.   Anyway it's in and drying in front of a radiator. With there being a cold wind I went for a run, up to Balcarres, in the car.   Everything, vegetation and wildlife, is resting at this time of year;  before th...

3rd January 2026 (Saturday)     09.45 ..... The thermometer is reading 0.2C at present, after being down at -5.4C overnight.   I'm going out to check that 'low' reading again;  I know it was cold overnight but that does seem awfie low!   I'll put the kettle 'on' when I'm at that end o' the hoose!    I'm back! ..... it 's cauld oot by the way.... and the thermometer overnight low was -5.4C.   The sun is up so the temperature should start to creep up a bit  , but it's always going to be cold today, especially in the moderate NW wind.   I won't be going up to the seat at the 17th until the afternoon! The International News this morning is almost unbelievable;  the USA attacking Venezuela, and according to President Trump capturing the Venezuelan President and his wife.  I'm off to make a cuppa! 15.00    The walk up to the seat at the 17th had been cancelled;  its too cold in the frisky wind...

2nd January 2026 (Friday)    10.00 .... It's a lovely morning, but definitely chilly!    It was - 2.8C when I looked at the thermometer half an hour ago ;  and it had been down to - 3.9C overnight so it's a wrap up well day.     I've had a grand 'Walk with the Weatherman'  round part of Pembrokeshire  (Wales).  'The Weatherman',  Derek Brockway a Welshman, was accompanied by a local Guide. so it was educational as well as healthy exercise;  be my 'exercise' for today.   I think it was the last, of what has been a brilliant Series..."Weatherman Walking". 21.30     It was reasonably warm in the sun in the middle of the afternoon,  so I had a wander up to the seat at the 17th green.   There was a lot of people out walking at that time;  and I met George Dunsire, from Colinsburgh, whom I haven' see n for a long time.   He is well, but like me is starting to slow down....

1st January 2026 (Thursday)     I'll begin by Wishing all my readers a "Happy and Healthy Year 2026". 11.00   We seemed to have a quiet Hogmanay in Earlsferry;  at least it was from where I was, (in my bed First ferry HS sunset of 2026 reading a book).  I heard four 'bangs' at midnight' and that was it.   And I didn't hear anyone going down Ferry Road.   That said, I didn't have my hearing aids in, so it might have been noisier.    I went to bed at 23.30 after watching "Auld Lang Syne" - how it took over the World'.   That was a really interesting programme; with Dougie Vipond travelling round the World to find out why 'Auld Lang Syne' is so popular.   I thought the Japaneses Lassies Choir were outstanding;  the worst version? (by a long way) was 'The Lord's Prayer', sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, by Cliff Richard. We have a quiet morning;  there;s a layer of  thin cloud just now, bu...