Alberto's Hutte

7th August 2026 (Friday)     10.30 .... Oops .... I 'slept in' this morning, waking, and getting out of bed  up at 08.45.   I'm feeling almost  'bright eyed and bushy tailed';  compared to what I have been like, for the past couple of days.   Anyway, it's a bonnie morning here in KY9.... a good drying day, for the downie cover that is going through the washing machine as I type.    20.00    I have a bit of Buddleia growing on the front wall, normally I have cut it back as soon as it gets going, but this year I haven't been able to do that;  anyway (more about 'anyway' later) I'm glad that I didn't prune ir.... it was living up to it's name thus afternoon ... the Butterfly Bush!    At one point it had three Painted Lady's, a Peacock, and a Red Admiral feeding on the flowers.       It was too windy to get a decent photograph of them on the bush, but I got one of a Painted Lady, baskin...

6th August 2026 (Thursday)     09.15 .... I expected a brighter start to the morning.   We have a grey sky just now, and all the Fife Weather cams have a cloudy, but there are a few brighter patches, so we might get 'sunny spells' later.     Me? ...... I've reached the conclusion that this is a flu' bug;  not a summer cold as I originally thought.   I've had the 'flu jab so it should be mild.    Mild... Man 'Flu?     I've taken the pills, but the scientists have yet to invent a pill that can combat 'Man 'flu'.   I'll be lying low for the next couple of days.   18.30    I've had a lazy day, but I id manage to wash and hang out a couple of sheets.   That leaves the downie cover for tomorrow:     The weather has been fine today, but much colder than  of late:  I put the heating on to help me shake of this /bug'.    I'll have toddie and...

5th August 2026 (Wednesday)   09.45 ..... It's a lovely, sunny and warm, morning;  there are shower clouds bumbling over, so we have the chance of a shower.   However,  I'm hoping that any showers are going to be somewhere else, so I have hung out a washing.    This is going to be a 'rest day'.    I'd originally intended going to Methil to annoy Alice, but I feel 'sluggish',  so a 'rest' day it is.   I'll now have an early morning coffee. 20.30     It ha been a breezy day, but the showers never reach us, so the beach would have been busy.   I have a 'summer cold';  hence the sluggish feeling.   I hope I haven't passed it on to the 'Troops'.  In the meantime I'll have a 'JT' before bed.   I have plenty food stuffs so don't need to go shopping;  Emily and John bought me milk etc.... so tomorrow, and probably Friday, will be stay in, and "oot o' the rood "days....

Henry. 4th August 2026 (Tuesday)     09.30 .... We have a grey and damp morning coming in on a SE breeze from from the North Sea;  "dreich" best describes best what the weather is like just now!    However,  the breeze is going to veer to the South, hopefully  bringing brighter spells in the afternoon.     I'm missing the 'Troops':  Henry and Austen wouldn't be bothered by the 'dreich' weather... they'd just get on with doing their thing.   'Drying days'?.... that's something for Mummy and Daddy to bother about;  we've got things to do! 16.30  The sky brightened up a bit in the afternoon but we never had any sunny spells, which was disappointing.    At least it has been mostly dry though we did have a few spots of rain around lunch time. I went to Elie after morning coffee to get an appointment at Lorraine's (Hairdresser).   I got lucky as Lorraine had a cancellation and I could get don...

3rd August 2026 (Monday)     08.00 .... It's an overcast,  quiet morning, with a light breeze from  the SE ;  and The Troops are on the move.    They plan on setting off after lunch;  in the meantime Henry has found a small Yo-Yo to puzzle over.    Yo-Yo?..... it's long time since I played with a yo-yo.  Unfortunately this, small yo'yo, has a knot on the string.... so I won't be playing with this one!     The shy, though overcast, shows signs of brightening up so we could have 'sunny spells' later.;  however we have light rain just now. 17.45    'The Troops' arr on their way to John's  parent's in Cumbria for another break before they travel home to Somerset.     Henry and Austen were buzzin' this morning;  probably guessed that they were going to be visiting John's Mum and Dad, their Cumbrian Gran and Grandad.    The light rain has moved away and we now have a ni...

2 nd August 2026 (Sunday)     11.00  .... It's a lovely morning   The Troops are off, for a walk,  to the 'Paper shop' to  get milk (Blur Top).    Meanwhile I've got The Buggy'out of it's nest:  the 'plan is to go up to Chapel Green , where 'The Small  Troop' can run about and tire themselves out.   At the moment we have a light breeze from the West but that is 'backing' to the ESE later in the afternoon, bringing in a change of weather eventually;   mostly light wet stuff! 15.30     e have enjoyed a sunny and warm afternoon  and the villages have been  busy.   I got 'The Buggy' out (that reminds me i need to bring in the pavement ramp) and we went up to Chapel Green to Maggie's Seat, to get a few photographs of 'troops in action'.  I've just brought the ramp in;  and Ferry Road was quiet!   Of course ....most folk will already be down on the beach!...