Alberto's Hutte

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...

Photo Courtesy BBC.   8th November 2026      We will Remember them! 12.30  The Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph is always a poignant, and memory jogging event.   I actually thought about going to our local Service of Remembrance at the Elie War memorial, but the air didn't suit the auld breathing tubes:  so I watched the National Remembrance Service from the Cenotaph:  and wonder if any of my former RASC friends  march past the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day. Our weather just now?   We have an overcast sky but it is dry, and the cloud shows signs of breaking up, so we might get a few sunny spells in the afternoon. 20.00     I forgot to mention that I overslept this morning;  I woke up at 09.30!     I had been awake at 05.30 but it was dark, so I turned over;  and woke up at 09.30.    Normally I wake up at 06.30 and get out of bed about 07.00.   Anyway, the sleep...

7th November 2026 (Saturday)     09.45 .... We have light rain coming in off the North Sea, on a moderate Easterly breeze;  but there are brighter, thinner patches in the cloud,  that might break up enough to give a us few blinks sunshine.    I don't think I'll be going out;  certainly not very far.    However, I might, just might, go to Ferry Corner to get a 'few 'today' photographs.    This looks more like it could be the day to do things around the house.   Startin', as I do every day at this time;  wi' switching the kettle 'on'. 13.00   As yo can see,  it wasn't 'light rain' when I went out to get a photograph for the Owlbert Archive!    We haven't had rain all the time, and certainly not as the heavy rain we have now;  and I should have gone out immediately after breakfast, when it was dull, but dry.    I was thinking of going for a run n the car after this update, b...

6th November 2026 (Friday)     09.45 .... The cloud is thicker this morning than it was at this time yesterday;  but we had a couple of blue pat ches earlier, so it might brighten up to give us a few sunny spells later.   At the moment it looks like drizzle isn't far away!    It's not cold because there is hardly any breeze, so no wind chill;   I might go for a short walk after morning coffee!    20.30    The weather has been disappointing today;  the sun never really broke through so it has been 'gloomy' most of the time, but it has been dry.  I eventually went for a walk up to the seat at the 17th green, in the middle of the afternoon.   The Easterly breeze had moderated by then, so it wasn't cold.   That said I was well wrapped up. I didn't expect to see many golfers out;  but  there was a few groups coming in:  so I watched a couple of foursomes playing the 17th and 1...