Bonnie clouds ....
22nd
May 2016 (Sunday)
.... 11.00 We have a gorgeous morning
here in the East Neuk.... perfect for ‘playing’ ... oops .. I meant
working. I’ve been biking, for
‘exercise’, up through Elie Estate, then
to Chapel Green; there are huge clouds
around, and they have diverted me from the ‘working’ plan. However I now have a fine collection of
cloud photos for today (though I’ll keep my eyes on the sky) and I’m ready to
work; after another cuppa.
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| Earlsferry |
21.30 The
weather continued warm and sunny, with a lot of good clouds around,
though I didn’t go out again until evening time, when I went down to the beach
for my evening ‘fall apart’ session.
The
garden furniture has been uncovered, and, if the weather is ‘fine’ tomorrow I
ought to get at least one or two of the chairs stained. Then again if there are loads of b
ig clouds
around I might get diverted. I’ll
begin the morning with a bike through the Estate, hoping to sneak up on the Roe
buck again. The song birds alongside
the estate road were in fine ‘voice’ this morning; especially the Mistle Thrushes, who were
givin’ it laldie. This reminded me that
I should have been at the kirk! The loch was quiet, apart from a flight of
Tufted Duck who ‘dropped in’ right in front of where I was, stood staunin’, at
the edge of the loch.
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| Kilconquhar loch |
The
temperature in Ivy garden was 20c at one point, very ‘summer like’ .... long
may it continue. There were showers to
the East and West of us, but the only one that we’ve caught is the edge of one
... right now, as I type. The weather forecast for tomorrow is ‘bright
and sunny’, with a light
wind. If the
wind is very light I’ll go to the loch, before breakfast, to see if there are cloud/reflection
photos to be got.... then go to the beach after breakfast. The remainder of the day will be spent painting
the garden chairs: the table was painted more than the eighteen
months ago.
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| Earlsferry |
‘M’
has reported that there is snow on the hills behind Otaki ... and that it’s cauld: the temperature is 15c. This winter has been the warmest that they’ve
had in New Zealand for a long time; actually
NZ winter temperatures this year, have
been pretty much what we get in summer!
Photographs
: Top – The west end of Earlsferry High street, Middle – Kilconquhar Loch, and Bottom
- clouds over the East Neuk.
