Alberto's Hutte

4th November 2025 (Tuesday)     10.15 ..... I decided to have a walk up to the phone  box, and contemplating doing the 'Rotten Row' walk but it began to rain.   I took a few photies then scampered(?) home.   I think the rain should clear away to give us 'sunny spells' by midday.    There's no wind and it's warm so we could end up with a nice afternoon.    The Fife Weather cams show a clearing sky to the West of Lochgelly. 18.45    It stopped raining around midday, and we had a nice afternoon.    It was good to see the sun after what had been a wet morning. I did a few chores around Ivy when it was raining;  including hooverin' up my tae nail clippins.    By this time I was ready for lunch.   It was a lite bite lunch because I was looking forward to sausages and mash for dinner.    The 'after lunch siesta' lasted for 45 minutes.   I was well ready for a warm cuppa...

3rd November 2025   (Monday)     09.30 ....  we have light rain with the chance of sunny spells just now;  but the light rain is to be more prolonged in the afternoon.   That means any sunny spells in the after noon will be short ones.    It's much warmer this morning;  13.4C when I checked the thermometer half an an hour ago.     19.15    As you can see from today's photies I've been 'out and about;  just to Elie, then home by way of Kinneuchar.   Oh... and I went down to the harbour;  the first time I've been down there for a number of weeks. The bots have been 'craned out' but I knew I'd miss that because i was 'under the weather. I met Rosie up in Elie and had a good catch up chat about History Society stuff.   It's the History Society coffee morning on Wednesday at the Pavilion:   I might go to that, but it depends on how I'm feeling.   This morning...

2nd November 2025 (Sunday)      11.00 .... It's a beautiful morrrrrrrning;  I actually louped into the car and went for the paper .   Marcia and Irene came into the 'Paper Shop' ;  they were going to the church Service in Elie..    The last time I was at the kirk was in 2019 (pre COVID).    I thought about it, after the girls mentioned it, but noticed that it was midday (kirk clock)  when I got to the car, so I was too late.   That is my excuse anyway.   As a matter of fact, the Elie kirk clock stopped, about the same time that I stopped going to the kirk).... and was eventually set to midday.    12.15     The main 'News' today is about innocent  passengers, travelling on an LNER train, being attacked, by two, 'British Nationals' with knives, near Huntington, in Cambridgeshire.   Apparently it isn't a 'terrorist' attack;  but it must have been terrifying for thos...

1st November 2025 (Saturday)    10.45 ..... There's rain blowing through on a brisk breeze, so not a very Strathairly House. pleasant start to the day.   At the moment it looks like the sun could break through to give us 'sunny spells and light rain.    The air is colder (only 8.9C on the patio 10 minutes ago) which probably explains why I'm not quite 'bright eyed and bushy tailed' this morning.   This could be a day to browse the 'Albert Archive' .... looking for Muircambus Mill dam photies.     Ferry Road is busy with cars just now;  I don't think they're holiday makers going to the beach!   I won't be going further than the  front gate;  and the patio thermometer! 20.30    The dreich morning cleared up to give us 'sunny spells' until later in the afternoon when squally showers arrived.  The thermometer reach 12.1C in the warmest part of the afternoon.    It was cold (8.6C) and wet...

31st October 2025 (Friday)     10.00 .... The patio thermometer is at 11.7C .... so already warmer than it was at anytime yesterday.    That is after an overnight low of 5.4C.    We have a lovely, warm and sunny morning, with a chance of light showers at anytime.    There's a moderate SSE breeze but it must be originating from somewhere warm because it's... well ....  a warm breeze.   There's o 'plan' for today so far;   I'll have an early morning coffee, and see what the brain cell comes up with. 19.00    I've had a reasonably busy day;  well did have until I fell sound asleep in the afternoon.   Since then I've been free wheeling.    There's been a change in th air and the auld tubes don't like it. I can only count 5 chocolate crispies on that plate;  a plate I found at the back door in the afternoon.   I'm sure there were six on it originally.!   Anyway, ...

30th October 2025 (Thursday)     09.00 ....We have a quiet, sunny morning after a cold night:  the patio thermometer overnight low was 1.4C (it's now 4.1C and slowly climbing).    Although the temperature is low, there's no wind chill with only a light SE breeze so it doesn't feel as cold as it has been lately with wind chill.   I'm getting ready to go to the Skeith Centre, then 'the Store' on the way home.  The wind is going to freshen in the afternoon, and bring light rain from the North sea. 13.45    Both missions to Anstruther were a complete success;  especially the visit to 'The Store' where I bought a couple o' goodies.   'The Boy' is definitely on the mend.    On the way home by way of the Kellie Castle road, I stopped in a lay by (we could do with more of them)  to take some photies of a long skinny cloud.    The cloud photie isn't the most exciting to look at, but it's a'different' c...