Bright and sunny .....
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| The Terrace, Elie. Yes ...we have a 'bright and sunny' morning. |
20.00 Rarely do I ever wash the floors (kitchen,
bathroom and lobby) when there’s an East wind, but, with the morning being
bright and sunny, and reasonably warm after the sun got going, I decided to do
them. I’m glad that I did them in the
morning; the sky clouded over after
lunch, and we even had spits and spots of rain later in the afternoon .... when
I was biking home from the ‘Drop in Cafe’.
The
turnout at the ‘Cafe’ was disappointing;
but those who were there, managed to find plenty to talk about. The deteriorating weather might have contributed
to the low numbers.... and the fact that this is still the Easter holiday
period. I think this might be the last
weekend of the Easter break.
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| Kinneuchar loch. |
The
garden work that I threatened to do never materialized... when the sun
disappeared behind the clouds, the urge to ‘work’ disappeared with it. I did bike up to Elie three times today,
and round the estate once; and this was
into an East wind. You don’t get fit
with the wind on your back.
I
was watching the Cob patrolling his patch on Kinneuchar loch; i.e., keeping the immature swans away from his nesting area. There must be round about 27 immature swans (un-mated), living as a loose flotilla,
on the loch: when they get too close,
he takes up the threatening posture, and paddles rapidly towards them; they about turn, and paddle away from
him. When they are out of his patch he
about turns and bumbles his way back to the nest area. How does he know when they are far enough
away? Does he
have a ‘landmark’ on the
shore that defines where his patch ends?
I guess that most the immature swans
will eventually fly off, back to wherever they came from, taking most of his
problems with them. The Whooper has
already moved on.
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| Kinneuchar loch ... and kirk. |
This
morning I thought we were going to have us a bonnie day; but it was not to be. Tomorrow’s weather is forecast to be
heavily overcast with dampness (light rain) in the morning, with the rain
petering out leaving us, just plain overcast, later. The good news (re the weather) is, that it
should begin to get warmer on Saturday.
The
swan in the middle picture is ‘Auld Grumpy’ .... on patrol. The two swans on the right of the bottom
picture have become aware of ‘Auld Grumpy’ coming their way! A minute later the group had about turned,
and were making a strategic withdrawal.
