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Sunny and colder ....

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13th November 2026   (Friday)    10.00 .... We have a lovely sunny morning, with a cool WNW breeze, a really nice morning to be out:  in fact I might venture out with the 'hurdy gurdy' later.   Having planned on getting 'up' early, to go to the 'Paper Shop' then down to the harbour;  I slept 'in'!   I've had breakfast, and now in a Slight  'Flap On' state   There's a small washing going through the machine, so I'll get that on the line before morning coffee;  then I'll come up with a new plan.    'Blob' has been fed! 11.30    I've been catching up with the News:  the problems Microsoft are having all over the World, including the NHS in the UK probably explains why I got a 'rogue' message, when trying to make an appointment,  on the Surgery phone yesterday.    It's a routine blood test appointment with the Nurse, so I'll leave it until Monday now. There is a chilly air today, as I fo...
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Wall to wall hazy blue sky ....

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12th November 2026 (Thursday)     09.15 .... It's a lovely morning here in KY9;  wall to wall hazy blue, sky, with a cool North Westerly breeze.    A bonnie morning to go 'out and about'..... I might take the 'hurdy gurdy' for a short walk later;    it depends on the wind chill.   I'm feeling "brighter eyed and bushier tailed" than I was yesterday!   Having checked my incoming e-mails last night; I have 'office work' to so this morning.  I switched the  kettle 'on' before updating The Hutte.  I now need an early morning coffee;  that will help me make a 'plan of action' for today. 16.00     This has been a lovely, late Autumn 'get out and play' kind of day; albeit a cool one!    My 'plan'  had me going  for a run in the car, to the Store in Anstruther,  where I did a wee bit of shopping, before travelling  home by way of the country roads, to admire the Autumn c...
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Light cloud ....

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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 ...
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Light cloud ....

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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 ...
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Nice morning ....

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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...
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Light cloud ....

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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...
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Light rain .....

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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...
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