Overcast and warm ....

28th April 2023 (Friday)    08.30.... Hmmmm.... it’s overcast just now, with a


look o’ dampness in the air; it’s not actually raining, but light rain is forecast for the morning, with sunny intervals in the afternoon;  the air is much warmer (10C), so we should have a ‘sunny and warm’  afternoon with only a light breeze from the SSW.

20.00    It was 16C in the garden at one point this afternoon;  pleasantly warm... and mostly sunny.   After going for the pater I decided to go to Ardross Farm Shop to buy mince for a batch cooking session... and to get photographs of ‘Sheepscape’ and Baaaat - Bee’, two of The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society’s, ‘Flock to the Show’ public art trail sheep, that are at Ardross until 1st May.  I bought the mince and a few vegetables, then photographed the sheep.   The World Sheep Shearing Championships is being held at the ‘Highland Show’ this year (22nd to 25th June).    I met, and chatted to William ‘T’ (from Colinsburgh) before coming home via Kinneuchar.    William T’ has a bad cold just now and wasn’t feeling too good.


This is the ‘Elie’ (and Earlsferry) scarecrow weekend and scarecrows were being set up all over the place;  the villages will be busy over this holiday weekend.   The weather forecast is mixed for Saturday, Sunday and Monday;  Saturday cloudy but mostly dry, Sunday sunny spells with the chance of light showers... and holiday Monday  brighter with light rain showers.   

Work is going on apace at Earls Lodge and the foundations should be complete (concrete slab poured) by the end of next week.  The new build will then quickly take shape and there will be a ‘new’ vista to come to terms with.  


22.00    It’s raining at the moment and has been for a while; hope it isn’t dull and wet tomorrow.   Having said that, this was not a good day for me being active;  not good breathing weather, so I never went out in the afternoon:  but watched the workmen .... and did some more Kinneuchar kirk stuff.   The weather will dictate what I’ll be doing tomorrow;  it looks like I’ll be ‘working’ with the pens and pencils.

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