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Nice, berween showers ....

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7th June 2026 (Sunday)     17.00 .... I've been busy today:  having been to Methil to visit Alice, then, after a cuppa we went to Home Bargains to buy some  vital bits and pieces.    Unfortunately I forgot to update  'The Hutte' before going out.   As ever the roads were busy, but this applies to the whole of the UK;  and probably most of the planet where humans live!   The increase in car numbers is obviously related to the increase in the human population since WWII. Alice and I got the shopping done, and I got the things I wanted (a new shower curtain, and mat for the bath)!    And some food.   Mission accomplished!    Back at Alice HQ we had lunch, including Eton Mess (Alice version).    Main course?.... chicken in sauce ,with vegetables and Jersey tautties.   I won't need much for dinner tonight! I'd just moored the car up at Ivy Cottage gate to unload me messages,...
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Cloudy ....

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6th June 2026  (Saturday)      82nd Anniversary of the D Day landings in Normandy. 09.45     The sun was shining at 07.00:  since then the sky has clouded over... but it's isn't raining, though drizzle is mentioned in the weather forecast.    The 'plan' was to go to Methil, and Leven this morning, but I've had a migraine, so will do the visiting tomorrow.    We could get 'sunny spells';  the sky isn't heavily overcast. This will be a potter around Ivy day:   tidying up for Janice and Michael arriving next week.   Mind you, I don't visualise  much 'work' being done until after I have morning coffee:  I need something to get me into gear.    15.15    I went out to The Hutte pick up the glass cleaner squirter;  and did a couple of Soduko's when out there.   I can tell you it is not warm today!... and I suspect that the beach will not be busy!   I am n...
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Nice morning ....

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5th June 2026 (Friday)     09.45 .... We have a lovely morning here in KY9;   sunny, with clouds scuttling over on a fresh WNW wind.    light rain showers are forecast , but at the moment it's just a nice, fresh, morning.   Me?..... I'm feeling brighter:  not quite bushy tail;ed' but definitely brighter.    And, I think I have solved the problem I had yesterday with my asthma!    The Lilac Tree!..... I'm allergic to the blossom.    Every time I went out to the gate yesterday, my breathing was affected by something.    Heather and Ray came down for coffee and a chat in the evening, and it wasn't until I was saying cheerio, at the gate, that I suddenly realised that my breathing had deteriorated.   I had to use the 'bloo' inhaler.   Anyway I had a good night's sleep, and have taken an anti-histamine pill, so I'm almost ready to do some gentle 'pottering' around Ivy.   I...
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Nice morning .....

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4th June 2026 (Thursday)     09.15 ..... After a dull, wet start to the morning the sky is beginning to break up, with a lot of blue bits beginning to show:  we should have sunny spells soon.   And a more breathable air.    Gills were required to extract oxygen from the muggy, wet air we had first thing.   Heavy showers are mentioned in the weather forecast;  but they might miss us.   I hope they do.   The 'plan' was to go to Methil, and Leven today, but that has been put back on the shelf until the weather settles down.    14.30    Twice I  thought of going up to the sear at the 17th green with the camera;  and both times a shower started just after I got to the gate.   And it looks like another shower is coming in soon. I phoned Alice to tell her I wouldn't be visiting today;  and found that Alice is 'under the weather' too.   In my case I think it's the we...
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Cloudy ....

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3rd June 2026 (Wednesday)     09.00 .... We have a a quiet, cloudy, start to the day;  and heavy showers forecast, with the chance of thunder.    It doesn't look like being a good drying day..... and I have one sheet to wash.    Friday looks more promising as a drying day,   Today's plan? .....  make an appointment to get my haircut;  it's beginning to bother me. 10.15    Haircut organised (12.00), and the last piece of bedding (sheet) in the washing machine.   I don't expect it will be out on the line today, but I'll see what the weather is doing later;  at the moment it's cloudy, but not raining. 14.30    The rain showers have been with us since 11.30, with very short intervals between showers:  in fact I's say we've had one long shower, of varying intensity, since 11.30.   It's wet!    I feel much better now that I've had a haircut;  in fact I feel better almo...
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Heavy showers ....

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2nd June 2026 (Tuesday)    09.30 ..... We've just had a short, but heavy, shower that has upset today's  'plan!   Today's plan? .... was to hang out a downie cover that is in the machine ... and ready ready to hang out!   New plan?..... hang it out and hope for the best!   I've checked the Fife Weather cams, and the Kinghorn one had a couple of 'bloo' patches in the sky!    I'm a happy boy again.    19.30    The weather has been kind to me today, the washing dried long before the showers arrived in the afternoon.    Actually we've enjoyed a nice mostly sunny day.... and it has been warm. I had a broken night's sleep because it was so hot.   I eventually fell asleep;  then slept in!. The good news is ? .... the summer cold I had,  has broken, and I'm beginning to feel better.    It's always the same after I get the 'summer' booster jab;  I end up with a 'summer cold'!...
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Light rain ....

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1st June 2026 (Monday)     10.00 .... we have, much needed, light rain this morning;  in fact we will  have spells of rain  most days this week.  Light rain = low pollen count;  so a bit of relief for folk bothered by hay fever.    However, light rain also means it's not a good 'drying day!    Me? .... I want to go down to Ferry Corner to take a picture of the  road works signage! 20.30    The light rain slowly faded away and we had a nice  afternoon... a mix of cloud and sunny spells, with spits and  spots of rain  now and again.   A nice enough afternoon, that, near enough, dried the washing I put out.    As you can see from today's photographs I got as far as Ferry Corner, to get the 'Road Closed' (except for residents) sign etc.  All other traffic is being diverted along Links Road;  and two way traffic on the Earlsferry one way system. What have I done today?...
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