Lovely autumn morning ....

30th August 2023 (Wednesday)     07.00 .... It’s one of those quiet autumnal

"Good Morrrrrrrrning".

mornings when even Redshanks are at peace with each other.    I’ve been for the paper (and milk), had a turn down to the harbour and will hang out a washing after this update.   There’s a brisk NW breeze so it’s chilly just now, but will warm up once the sun gets going ....and should be a good drying day:  and its 117 days until Christmas.    



20.00    It has been a good drying day... and a good working day.   I  finished the last of my Kinneuchar Kirk drawings (based on the original sketches by the Rev Sime in 1818 held in the Historic Scotland archive).   The next drawing is going to be of the inside of the three houses at Ferry Corner that were demolished in 1947.   I’ll take tomorrow as a rest day (I’ll visit Alice) then start the Ferry Project.   

Main Street - Kinneuchar.

With it being a bonnie afternoon I biked up to Kinneuchar and began to photo/record all the gravestones in the old part of the cemetery.  I noticed that Stuart Purves’s house (the one with the scaffolding) is being renovated;  it looks like s total make over: The pebble dash has been removed to show the original stone walls.   The way things are going the whole of the East Neuk is going to be rebuilt soon.... apart from Ivy.   I’ll do that when I win the lottery.   What?.... I’ve to buy a lottery ticket?  Too late.   I’ll rebuild Ivy next week.

I’ve had a productive day, and I’m happy that the ‘KP’ drawings are done:  once the writing is done (and that’s the hard bit) it’s going on my ‘blog’.   That reminds me I have some writing to add to my Rires Castle page.   I’m going to have a busy winter!

The moon will be ‘Full’ and  closest to the Earth so will look bigger  tonight and


tomorrow night (Thursday);  actually it will be big tonight but not quite ‘Full’ (99%)’: tomorrow night is ‘the’ night... 100% Full.   Anyway it will be big both nights:  it rises tonight at 20.31 and tomorrow at 20.40.    Unfortunately it’s cloudy! 

Popular posts from this blog

Overcast with light rain .....

Image
6th October 2024 (Sunday)    "Happy Golden Wedding Anniversary"  to Brian and Moira". 09.00 .... All the Fife Weather cams are showing overcast skies.   The Anstruther cam looks the bleakest!..... the Lochgelly the least bleak.  The Easterly breeze has brought the weather in from the North Sea.... and  'sunny spells' are not mentioned in the weather forecast, but ... sometimes the sky looks promising!   It's a good day to be inside.  Luckily I, (and all the other guests), are celebrating Brian and Moira's Golden Wedding Anniversary in the Lindsay Room at Kinneuchar Castle. 10.30     It's still raining, but the sky looks promising now and again;  the sun might break though in the afternoon.  I had a walk round the patio in the light rain; very refreshing.    I'm having morrrrrrrrrrrning coffee before I start to get organised for Kinneuchar Castle. 20.30    We had a really pleasant family and friends gathering to celebrate Brian and Moira's Gol
Read more

Nice morning ....

Image
16th August 2024 (Friday)  08.30 ...It's a lovely morning but a layer of thin cloud is taking the Jackie. edge off the temperature so we have a chilly start to the day;  hopefully the sun will burn off the cloud to give us a sunny and warm(er) day soon.    The Auchnagatt 'troops' are expected to arrive about 10.30:  and I am organised .... and looking forward to seeing Jackie, Hazel, Catriona and Iain in one photograph.... a rare occurrence nowadays!  20.30 .... I got the photograph that I wanted... all four (soon to be five) of the Lawrie Family of 'Backhill of Inkhorn' (Auchnagatt) in one place!   It has been a most enjoyable day.  We had lunch at the very popular Cupar Garden Centre Restaurant (it was busy) followed by a browse round the garden centre:  the 'troops' did proper browsing:  I had quick browse followed by a catnap in the car.   The middle of the afternoon is my siesta time; and especially so after a good lunch!   And it was a really good lun
Read more

Cold and overcast ....

Image
18th April 2024 (Thursday)    08.00 .... The Fife Weather cams are all showing an overcast sky:  rain hasn't reached Fife so far, but is expected to arrive by mid morrrrrrrning...."light rain and a fresh Westerly breeze" being the forecast until later in the afternoon;  but we're going to end the day with a bonnie evening.  Hmmmmm .... I don't think I'll be painting any bits of the shed today; and that was my project to take my mind off the car.   Computer stuff it will have to be:  I'm actually in a writing mood so this might not be a wasted day. 09.00   Forget the heap oops... car (it's in the 'bad car' corner);  I'm excited because the workmen are here to begin work on the patio. They arrived a wee while ago;  unfortunately spits and spots o' rain arrived at the same time and, if  the rain is heavy and prolonged they won't be able to do much.   Showers are OK but not prolonged rain.  Must 'go' got to have another cuppa
Read more