Ants nest .....
16th
August 2017 (Wednesday) ... 10.00 I’ve been out early on what is my favourite
kind of morning; calm and
peaceful. I went along to Elie, for
the papers,
then down to the harbour to get a few ‘reflection’ photographs: not that I need them .... I already have
hundreds ... but our villages do bonnie reflections. From the harbour I sped(?) along to Chapel
Green to get some photos of Captain Latto, who was setting creels close into
Walker’s Rock.
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| Elie Granary.... now flats. |
When
I was taking the Chapel Green photos I suddenly became aware of a cloud of
insects flying around my head... ants doing their nuptial flight! I was ‘stood staunin’ smack on top of their nest. I moved away from them, 30 metres or so,
but they followed me; some Queens had landed on my hat and jacket, and the males, who were ‘in
love’, followed ‘my’ Queens. After
shaking the ants orf I moved a further 10 metres away... nae
ants. Luckily, being ‘in love’ they
had other things on their minds so weren’t biting.
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| Elie. |
20.00 Jimmy ran out of the porridge cartons that he
prefers.....and the best place to buy then is the ‘Bargain Store’ in Leven....
so that is where we went this morning:
getting back to Elie, with just enough time for me, to get the bike into
the shed before the rain arrived.
Since then we’ve had a funny kind of day..... mostly overcast, with occasional
spells o’ rain.
The
villages are still busy with holiday makers, though I think it should quieten
down after this next weekend. Oh that
reminds me: this afternoon, I’d fallen asleep watching the tele .... and,
thinking I’d been asleep for about an hour and a half, I went out to the gate to ‘waken up’. I hadn’t noticed two holiday makers coming
Ferry Road, and when I turned round... well, I very suddenly ‘woke up’. How
long had I been asleep? .... ten minutes.
I made a cuppa, and
trimmed my beard.
Not at the same time!
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| Captain Latto in his creel boat "Pursuit". |
I
had a wander down to, and along, the beach in the evening, and was surprised to
find that others had the same idea;
probably glad to get out after the rain. It wasn’t that warm on the beach ... the
wind was from the Southeast. Tomorrow
is supposed to be brighter ... i.e. more, and longer spells of sunshine.
Photographs
: Top – Elie Granary, Middle – Elie from the pier, and Bottom – Captain Latto off the Dome Park
in his creel boat, “Pursuit”.
