Alberto's Hutte

11th  August 2026 (Tuesday)      09.45 .... It's a lovely morning;  there's a bit of light cloud about with loads of sunny intervals.   Perfect weather for the beach.   I'm planning on having a 'rest' day;  then I remembered the last time I was on Prednisolone Tablets!   That time (10 years ago), I took them with my evening meal.    Later on in the evening I decided to 'Spring' clean the bookcases.    I began to do that at 21.00,  enjoying myself so much that I kept going until after 03.00 next morning.   My cousin Jimmy up in Aberdeenshire was on them at the dame time, and he also couldn't stop working!   So I'm taking them (the pills)  at breakfast time.  If I do go into 'work mode', I don't think I'll be tackling the book cases!   With this pill,  'Work Mode' starts on Day two. 20.30   I've had a quirt, relaxing day.   Alice came alon...

Elie 10th August 2026 (Monday .... At last I've got round to updating The Hutte;  after an eventful night;  and  things to do this morning, because of the eventful night.     Anyway, I called out the Para Medics, in the middle of the night, because I had a really bad breathing event,  when I went for a 'pee' at 01.00.    And I didn't have my Blue Inhaler with me!  Having this 'bug' and asthma is not a good combination when it comes to the breathing tubes.  I went back to bed thinking it would calm  but it didn't so I eventually  dialled '999' about 02.00!    Three lady NHS Para Medics (from Glenrothes) arrived about 02.30:  and they were absolutely brilliant   Not only did they arrive much sooner than I expected, but they gave me a really good check over.   The result of all this is that I have an appointment with Dr Miller at Elie Surgery this afternoon.    I'm going to have ...

9th August 2026 (Sunday)     09.15 .... We have light rain on a moderate Westerly breeze;  but the overcast sky has pale bits in it;    we could have brighter afternoon.     At the moment it's dull and wet!    But the 'wet' didn't bother the two joggers that went down Ferry Road a wee while ago.   I might have a wee run in the car later.   20.15    The  rain  had moved away by mid morning, but the cloud stayed around  until early afternoon.    Since then we've had sunny spells with a moderate breeze.    It's a lovely evening now, but  was busy doing a hard Soduko. A lot of my time this morning was taken up making 'Mince and Tatties':  that was dinner for tonight, and will be tomorrow.    I might freeze one meal. A few minutes ago, I accidentally elbowed the 'mouse' off it's pad, and went to pick it up.    I couldn't see it:   i...

8th August 2026 (Saturday)      10.30 .... There's a lot of light cloud;  but there are patches of blue sky, so we should have sunny spells.    The air feels cooler to me, but that's probably because the sun is behind the cloud at the moment.    I'm going to be lying low again;  hoping that the sun does break through, so that I can spend time in The Hutte.   I got up at my usual time this morning, but haven't actually been outside.   I'll have morning, in The Hutte, coffee after this update. 17.00    It has been a mostly overcast kind of day;  we did have a sunny spell  around lunchtime, and that brought out some Large White butterfly's  but it was too windy to photographs them.    I've been 'resting' in The Hutte most of the time, doing Soduko's.   It was warm when the sun was out, but it turns much cooler when the sun disappeared again;   so I have abandoned be...

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...