16th
June 2016 (Thursday)
.... 08.00 There’s an uninviting look
to this morning; grey and wet. Not a morning for pottering around on the
beach that’s for sure. I am looking
forward to ‘M’ arriving, to brighten things up.... in fact I think I
detect a
slightly paler shade of grey over towards the West, though ‘M’ is in fact coming
from the St Minnins.... and that's East of us! I
hope this is not going to be another ‘summer’ like last year .... wet, with
intermittent, short sunny spells. Must ‘go’
... ‘slight flap on’ .... I cannae find
my ‘pinny’.
We had a quiet morning.... Jimmy came along
for his morning cuppa, and we had a long chat, mostly about the current affairs
around the Planet.... the sorting out of which the politicians seem to be
making a remarkable job of getting wrong.
After a snack lunch, we went along to the ‘Drop in Cafe’, where ‘M’ met
up with a few of our local ‘girls’ and ‘boys’;
mostly Lexie, who, like ‘M’, is a “Dyker” ... a native of Cellardyke. After I’d introduced ‘M’ to everyone, I was
thinking that ‘M’ would be sitting, quietly drinking her tea, and listening to
the chatter. Just shows you what I know
about ‘girls’ ..... ‘M’ and Lexie chattered to everyone... all the way through.
We had a really enjoyable hour and a bit,
before going down to the harbour to get a few photos; it had to be a few because it was raining....
again! Jimmy, who was already down there, walking on
the pier,
invited us back to No 10 for a warming cuppa.
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| Peony bud |
22.00 I had my ‘pinny’ on, and had the feather
duster in my hand, when ‘M’ arrived at Ivy this morning; she was .... not impressed. I think it might have been the headgear...
a woolen hat with lug covers! Having
said that ‘M’ is not impressed with our ‘summer’ temperatures (actually neither
am I), but very impressed with the amount of rain we get! I am not.
Impressed with the amount of rain we get i.e. Generally
speaking, or writing in this case, ‘M’ is enjoying her holiday, but not our
weather.
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| Margaret at Elie harbour |
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| Jimmy and 'M' at Elie |
By
the time we got back to Ivy, the lamb (New Zealand) casserole I had in the
oven, was nigh on ready, so we devoured that ... with ‘tauties’ and vegetables,
before Margaret (I thought I’d better give ‘M’ her full title at least once)
sorted out her e-mails.
The
weather forecast for tomorrow is not very ‘summery’, unless we accept that this
summer is going to be like last summer .... mostly wet!
Photographs
: Top – wet peony rose bud, Middle – ‘M’ at Elie harbour, and Bottom – Jimmy and
‘M’.
“Don’t regret growing old .....
some never get the chance!”
