28th
December 2018 (Friday)
.... 21.00 I’m ‘in residence’ at Ivy
after
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| Sunset over Chapel Green, Earlsferry. |
a really enjoyable Christmas up at Auchnagatt. Jackie and Catriona were travelling down to
Bearsden (Glasgow) today so I got a lift down to Ivy with them.... where they
could admire my whirlpool flushing loo;
and have a cuppa and sandwiches.!
We had a quiet journey, with a stop
at Morrison’s in Dundee so that I could buy milk and bread, and sandwiches etc. I decided that I’d make my own sandwiches
when we got to Ivy, as Jackie had given me various homemade chutneys and jellies
for Christmas and I fancied a ‘ham,
chutney and mustard’ sandwich. Rather
than make my sandwiches while the gilts were sitting lonely in Ivy living room,
I just had a cuppa with them and would have the sandwiches after they set off
on the second leg of their journey.
They were about five minutes into the second leg when I realised that I
was
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| Sunset time. |
going to have ham and mustard sandwiches,.... without chutney: I’d left the bag containing some of my Christmas
presents in Jackie’s car. Yes the
sandwiches were ‘dry’ but I was hungry and ate them. The plan is for me to meet with Jackie and
Catriona at Kinross Services, when they are travelling back to Auchnagatt, where
I will be reunited with my presents. I
am a silly boy.
I
went to the beach at sunset time; it was
good to see the beach busy, and it had been busy for most of the day, going by
the amount of footprints on it. I had
a quiet wander along the edge of the tide to the Cockstail rocks to get a few
sunset photographs. The ‘plan’ for
tomorrow morning, is to get up early to have a walk on the beach, catch the
sunrise, then bumble home for breakfast.
The forecast is good for tomorrow, though there could be some, light,
early morning rain.... followed by a long spell of sunshine. I’m going to do a washing. In fact I’ll do it (the washing)
immediately after I’ve done this update;
that way it will be ready to hang out first thing in the morning.
A
big ‘Thank You’, to Martin and George, who put out my broon bucket; and also to
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| Chapel Green sunset. |
Marcia, who went round to put out the bucket, only to find it already out. The bucket has been emptied so I am a ‘happy
bunny’.
Plan
for tomorrow? I normally hibernate at
this time of year, and do things in Ivy;
this year I’m going to ‘spring’ clean my bedroom. I normally
tidy it up every six weeks or so; six
weeks is about the limit for allowing ‘stuff’ to accumulate on the chairs
etc. This is going to be an extra ‘clean’
as I’m thinking of moving into the wee room, with the single bed.
