Quiet morning ....

20th November 2021 (Saturday)      06.30 .... It’s a quiet morning... apart



from ‘Blob’, who was twittering away on top of the Rowan tree;  he’s now on top of the ‘broon’ bucket picking up digestive biscuit crumbs.   That’s my whole extent of feeding the bird(s), quarter of a crumbled up digestive biscuit for ‘Blob.

The sky is overcast (the starts weren’t visible) with a light breeze, and it’s warm.    Sunny spells are mentioned for the afternoon... and the temperature drop overnight.

17.30    We had a cracker of a sunrise sky and I was on the beach to enjoy it;  as was Chris and ‘Skye’.   I spent my time between the beach and the bench catching,...  well ....what was a kaleidoscope of colour for nearly an hour.   It was magic.     After I came off the beach I had to loup on the bike and go for the paper;  then up to Chapel Green to get a few pictures of Saipem 7000, the huge  crane, that’s in the Firth just now.    There was fresh Force 5 wind at that time, but it wasn’t cold, and in spite of the wind I managed to get decent photos of Saipem.   

Saipem 7000.

18.30     I’ve just been out at the bucket and already the air has a more seasonal feel to it; it’s cold.   I spent most of the afternoon browsing and sorting out this morning’s batch of photographs;  I never get bored looking through new photos of  our villages:   I would that Elie and The Royal Burgh of Earlsferry, plus the surrounding area is highly photogenic.   

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