Nice morning ....

1st January 2026 (Thursday)     I'll begin by Wishing all my readers a "Happy and Healthy Year 2026".

11.00   We seemed to have a quiet Hogmanay in Earlsferry;  at least it was from where I was, (in my bed

First ferry HS sunset of 2026
reading a book).  I heard four 'bangs' at midnight' and that was it.   And I didn't hear anyone going down Ferry Road.   That said, I didn't have my hearing aids in, so it might have been noisier.    I went to bed at 23.30 after watching "Auld Lang Syne" - how it took over the World'.   That was a really interesting programme; with Dougie Vipond travelling round the World to find out why 'Auld Lang Syne' is so popular.   I thought the Japaneses Lassies Choir were outstanding;  the worst version? (by a long way) was 'The Lord's Prayer', sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, by Cliff Richard.

We have a quiet morning;  there;s a layer of  thin cloud just now, but sunny intervals forecast, and a fresh NW wind.   The sun is burning off the light cloud so we should have sunshine shortly.   But it's going to be cold in the brisk wind.   This mean that I shall be 'confined to barracks' most of the day.

Sadly, there always  seems to be something horrific happens around Christmas and New Year and this Hogmanay it's a disastrous fire in a bar in Switzerland   My thoughts are with all the people involved with all the families of those killed, injured and affected by that fire.

15.30     I've had a quiet, enjoyable, morning watching the Annual Concert from Vienna;  now I'm going to have a light lunch.  It's a lovely sunny day now, but very cold in the brisk wind.   That hasn't stopped people from going out;  I've seen loads of  folk going up, and down, Ferry Road.   Me?....I'm going to venture out, as far as the patio thermometer:  I'd like to go down to Nana's seat but  but it's too cold to go that far. 

21.15    When I went to the patio thermometer in the afternoon i was reading -0.2C which suggest that it could be cold tonight.

I've had a restful day (lazy) reading my book and watching some TV.   I had a short walk out to get some photies for the 'blog' at sunset time;  the first sunset of 2026.   I also took another photo of the moon;  the first one of 2026.   It's slightly fuller than it (the moon) was last night.   It will a Full Moon (Wolf Moon) on January 3rd.

I'm hoping to be slightly more active tomorrow, but I'm still lying low with this cold;  don't want to

spread it around.    From what I hear it's all over the country anyway, but I'll stay in and keep what's left of my cold to myself.    I'll have a 'JT' before bed tonight.


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