Alberto's Hutte

17th December 2017 (Sunday) .... 16.00     Hmmmm ... we’ve had a good mix of weather today;   rain at first, then brighter with sunny spells, they were JB and Mum (Jenny) in the Ship Inn. followed by a spell of drizzle, then we had a nice late afternoon evening.    The temperature was all over the place too;    6c at one point in Ivy garden, but it is now 3c.... but I don’t think we’ll have much frost: Tomorrow is forecast, to be warmer than today.    You will have surmised that I have been ‘flappin around like a heidless chicken’ again;   well maybe not quite, but I was busy all morning, and only took time off to go along to the Kirk Hall to see the Christmas trees;  it was 13.30 by the time I did that. All my Christmas cards have been delivered (I think) .... some twice because I forgot to ‘tick’ the list the first time I wrote a card.     The doubles have been handed ...

16th December 2017 (Saturday) .... 19.30   I have had a busy day, and it’s only now that I realised that I hadn’t done the Hutte;   I’m truly sorry about that.  Sunrise .....   It’s the ‘naughty step’ for this boy.... if there were steps in Ivy.... but there isn’t, so I get away with it.     We had a touch of frost first thing, not hard, but hard enough to make me feel  cold when I was down on the beach at sunrise;   however it was well worth putting up with the cold air, because we had one of those ‘red sky in the morning etc.’ sunrises.      The sky did cloud over for a while but we didn’t get any rain/snow;    by afternoon we had  ‘bright and sunny’, which ended up with a bonnie sunset.... according to the ‘red sky at night etc.’  we should have a bonnie day tomorrow, .... but the weather forecasters say it’s going  to be wet tomorrow morning.... with sunny spel...

15th December 2017 (Friday) .... 07.30    As planned ‘JB’ set off for Somerset (via Dalgety Bay to pick up ‘Mum’) 05.30;   at that time it was wet (it had Sunrise from Lundar Law ... September 2005. been raining/sleet) but not windy and cold.    It is now dry but windy and cold;   I know this because I have been out hanging a washing on the line.... and my hands are cold.     05.00 was an early start, even for me, at this time of year  so I’ll be in need of a ‘power nap’ very shortly.    There’s another washing going through the machine, as I type;  I’m anticipating a good drying day.   16.30     It has been a good ‘drying day’ but too short (as they are at this time of year on our side of Mother Earth) to actually dry the washing completely;  however I am well pleased with today’s efforts.    I haven’t been out for a walk at all today...

14th December 2017 (Thursday)  .... 10.00    It was bleak when I was down on the beach earlier this morning, and, ....  it wasn’t raining;   it’s now raining Early afternoon ..... 'JB' on Sea Tangle road. and even bleaker looking;  not a nice morning for floundering around outside.     To cheer myself up I took some glass along to the recycling place at Woodhaven;   I sneezed a couple of times;  I hope this is not man-flu ‘things’ reconnoitering  for someplace to bed down.    I left the recycling place with much the same feeling as when I reached it;   not overly excited by today’s weather so far.      On a brighter note;  it is going to be ‘bright and sunny’ tomorrow.... and we might even have a sunny spell this afternoon.      22.30      The weather eventually improved, and  John (‘JB’) and me had a w...

13th December 2017 (Wednesday) .... 09.00      Oh my word .... it is not a pretty morning;  it’s wet and windy,  and certainly not frosty;  that said the gritter has just gone through so they must be expecting frost later.   That means the rain is going 'JB' .... and it was cold. to clear away and we might have sunny spells in the afternoon.     I’m glad that John and I went to Edinburgh yesterday.... and, that we have the Friendship Lunch today. I have an engineer coming to install Smart Meters later this afternoon;  I decided to go for them because I’m always out when the meter reader comes round.    I enjoyed talking to the meter reader the rare times I met him.   I don’t know if Smart Meters are a great idea.... doing away with the meter readers, so that their wages go into investors pockets is basically what it’s all about.   If the money, they (he suppliers) eventu...

12th December 2017 (Tuesday) ..... 08.00   Another frosty,  perfect for going ‘out and about’ morning .... but there is a colder feel to the air.    ‘JB’ and I are Open air skating rink. going to Edinburgh to see the ice sculptures... and to have a general browse around.   JB might do more browsing than I will .... I’ll most likely need to find some ‘seating arrangements’ by mid afternoon.   Must ‘go’ .... “slight flap on” .... ‘Blob’ is looking for food! 20.30    John and I went to Edinburgh today;  taking in the ice sculpture display, and some of the Christmas Market.    We took the car to Dalgety Bay rail station and took the train to Waverley.    It was only a three carriage train, and looked more like  a toy train  .... until we went for the train to come home;  it was made up of two carriages!   However it only cost £3.65, return, and the seats were ...

11th December 2017 (Monday) .... 09.30    The temperature in Ivy garden is -1 so not as hard as it was yesterday.    I’ve had a walk out to West Bay, Midday sky. Chapel Green and the beach.   It was cold, but once the sun got above the clouds on the horizon, I could feel it warm on my face, and it, the sun, (not my face) added a rosy glow to the bents.    It looks like being a nice day, but there are more clouds about, so we’ll be having sunny spells rather than prolonged sunshine. 20.00    This has been a nice, busy kind o’ day.    I had coffee, and chat, in the morning with Myra, Jim and Geoff.    From there I went to No 10 and warmed up Jimmy’s car;   it started nae bother, even after a cauld spell.    From there I went up to the garage at Colinsburgh to put fuel in the car (Fiesta).    By the time I was back in Ivy it was lunch time. ...