21st
April 2018 (Saturday)
.... 10.30 We have an absolute
cracker of a morning at the Centre of the Universe; bright, sunny, and warm, with only a smirr
of
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| Kincraig Cliffs - Earlsferry. |
a westerly breeze. I went out
early, and photographed my way from West
Bay, round to the harbour; starting an
hour before high tide, and finishing an hour after high tide. I
met a couple down at the harbour looking for a Black Necked Grebe (hereafter BNG) which has been seen out on the
bay. Apparently somebody ‘scoped’ it (the
BNG) a couple of days ago. That will be twitcher lingo for a sighting by telescope. This ‘happy bunny’ is now going to have a look
at the photographs I 'took'; being a
‘reflections’ morning, I have a lot of photos to look at.
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| The West end of Earlsferry. |
17.00 This
has been an excellent day, probably the best so far this year; warm (19c in
Ivy garden), bright and sunny for the whole day: even I have a touch of the sun. I got that working in the garden! I decided to clean out the half barrel
water feature... and that took me a bit of time: most of the time sorting out the hose. After resorting to cutting off the trigger
thing, at the end of the hose (it was leaking all over the place), I eventually
got the job done. (Note to me - I must
buy one of the new hoses that don’t get knotted).
George
(Gordon) ‘dropped in’ for a blether this afternoon. He was out on his bike, taking advantage of
the bonnie afternoon. It was while we
were sitting in the Hutte, that I decided I needed to clean out the water tub. That job I did, after George went
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| Elie. |
orf on his
merry way. While I was doing the tub ‘Blob’
cleaned up the biscuit crumbs in the Hutte.
19.30 Without doubt this has been the best day we’ve
had for a long time: it began bonnie,
and continued that way, throughout the whole day! This is the kind of weather we’ve been dreaming about for months. If only we could get a long spell of it! We certainly deserve one, after the
elongated winter we’ve been through.
The
weather forecast is ‘nae bad’ for tomorrow;
not quite as warm, with a bit of wind later. There is a ‘Weather Warning’ out for
possible thunder storms overnight: they
are hitting the south coast just now. They might have petered out, by the time they
(the thunder storms) reach the Borders.
