24th
April 2019 (Wednesday)
.... 08.30 We have a different ‘sky’
this
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| The sunrise sky this morning. (Dust from the Sahara) |
morning (well ... the sky is the same it’s the clouds therein that are
different) .... there’s a pre thundery
shower look to it; showers more likely to
happen on the south side of the Firth than here.... I hope. The very first thing I noticed when I went
out, was an acrid smell in the air... and the need to have a couple of puffs of
the ‘bloo’ inhaler. On checking, I
found that the pollution level for our area is ‘medium’.... which explains the need for the inhaler. We do have
an interesting sky, a brisk, cool, ESE wind.... and, with a bit of luck, we
might get the odd short sunny spell now and again.
Slight
‘flap on’ now; I see that ‘someone’ has
left a bonnie set of sandy footprints all over the carpet. Need to ‘oover!
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20.30 The acrid smell I noticed first thing this
morning was dust from the Sahara Desert....according
to the weather forecaster at lunch time.
The airstream from the Sahara has
moved off to the East, taking with it the dust.... and leaving us with a
bitterly cold afternoon. The dust also explains the colour of the sky
at sunrise.
My
day turned out to busier than I thought it was going to be this morning. For a start I had to get rid of the sand
prints. I’d just finished doing that
when the ‘Specs’ shop phoned to say that my specs had arrived at the shop. I decided that I’d pick them up in the
afternoon; after the Colinsburgh Lunch. My day was filling up.... I was beginning to
feel stressed: so I louped into the car
and went for the papers and morning coffee.
No ... that’s not true .... oh I went for the paper, and the morning
coffee right enough; but I didn’t loup
into the car. I don’t do ‘louping’
now. I move sedately. Slow would be another way to put it. Over Laura’s excellent morning coffee,
George asked if he could come to Leven with me;
he had to go to B n Q’s. I also
had to go to B n Q’s, so it was arranged, that I’d take George up to the
Colinsburgh Lunch and we’d go to Leven after that. This we did; after another excellent ‘Colinsburgh Lite
Lunch’ (bowl of soup and a sweet, followed by tea coffee and biccies.
Tomorrow
is going to be cold and damp, with the chance of light rain; so not a day for
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| 'Aychouk' taking Mark for his morning walk. |
bumbling about on the
bike. That reminds me I’d better put
the bike in the shed!
After
another satisfying day I’m looking forward to me bed.... and the book I’m
reading. Tomorrow I have Harbour House
and ‘Paper Shop’ in the morning, and the ‘Drop in Cafe’ in the afternoon.... with,
probably, sand footprints to ‘oover up before breakfast. Yes .... I look forward to tomorrow.
