Feeling playful ....
17th
August 2018 (Friday)
.... 08.30 I’m feeling playful this
morning;
but it’s overcast, breezy and
cool, so I’ll put ‘playful’ on hold, .... and eat something. I’m also hungry.
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| Balcarres pond. |
Even
though it is overcast, rain isn’t
mentioned in the forecast; neither are ‘sunny spells’. It’s a bit too windy for the bike ....
there’s a lot of traffic in the villages, and biking in traffic, in a wind is
not to be recommended. Never
mind; there’s an ironing needing done... and I’m the
boy to do that.
20.30 After ‘morning coffee’ with Jim and Myra in
Harbour House, I went up to the Deil’s Lodge and walked down to the pond: it was pleasant being out of the wind, and,
when the sun broke through the clouds,
for a short while,.... it was hot. It
seemed that I had the whole estate to myself, everything, including the birds
and the burn, seemed to be whispering.
When
I got back to Ivy I had a light lunch, then
did the ironing, before having a much needed siesta. I think
I should sleep well tonight, in spite of resting for nigh on an hour.
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| Balcarres. |
Looking for something to do in the afternoon, I decided that I’d make macaroni cheese for dinner; this is always a guddle for me, and takes a lot
of time.... and I always end up with a lot of washing up. However
I also end up with four meals; three to
go in the freezer, and one for tonight’s dinner. The dishwasher copes with the washing up.
It
has been a dour kind of day today; we
even had a couple of short spells of light rain later in the afternoon. It hasn’t been the kind of weather to get
excited about. Tomorrows weather is does
not look like being much different;
apart from a better chance of rain in the morning, and a sunny spell in
the afternoon. The ‘plan’ for tomorrow
is to go up to Chapel Green and have a cuppa...so I’m really
hoping the ‘sunny
spell’ is a long one.
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| Balcarres Den road. |
‘The
Ferry’ looks like being busy this weekend;
if all the cars that have been coming down Ferry Road mean anything. Actually I think there’s a wedding on in Elie kirk on
Saturday .... and another one in Kinneuchar kirk. That might be why the villages are busy.
