Alberto's Hutte

17th July 2020 (Friday)      06.30.... We have a not very interesting grey sky Elie Bay . just now ....   but it will become more attention grabbing when the grey starts to break up by mid morning.     There’s no mention of ‘precipitation’ in the forecast for KY9 area, which is a bit of luck as we are going to Myra’s for morning coffee.      There’s is a cool brisk south westerly breeze;   once the sun does break through we should have a nice day.... and it will be warm but not hot like it was yesterday.    09.00      It is cooler this morning but the sky is beginning to break up and it should be warmer once the sun does break through;   right now it’s cool (for this time of year).    The pollen count has been ‘High’ for the past week or so and is ‘High’ again today.... even though the air feels fresher.      'Ferry Corner'. The tide is out at this...

16th July 2020 (Thursday)      06.30 .... my word, the temperature is forecast Elie pier. to rocket up to 21C (69.8 of the other things.... Fahrenheit)   this afternoon;   we’re talking of ‘mauchless’ temperatures now (means I’ll have to seek restful shelter in the Hutte).    Right now we have a brisk breeze with clouds, of the fluffy grey kind, scuttling over from the Northwest.     To take advantage of this lovely day I have a washing going through the machine.....   and I’m going to have another cuppa before going for the paper.    Enjoy ‘today’ .... it could be our short hot summer.   09.30     I dinnae ken where they (the forecasters) got their figures from re the temperature but I think they got the digits the wrong way round.     It’s cauld on the lugs.... even with long hair:   that said it is a nice morning albeit cool for the time of year.    I’ve been for the ...

Gannets feeding in the bay. 15th July 2020 (Wednesday)     07.30 .... Oh dear .... we’ve got an overcast sky with light drizzle to start the day off.... just when I was getting used to the sunshine.     The forecast is for it to be cloudy most of the day but we should get ‘sunny spells’ later.    It’s warm.     I’m thinking that any biking will be in the afternoon;   the Master Plan for the morning   being to take the car to ‘The Store’ in Anstruther   .... that will boost my feeling of normality returning to life .... and give the car a run. 09.30    I’d just moored the car up at the Town Hall and was chatting to Irene when a ‘bright eyed and bushy haired’ Myra came along in the car;   she had been to the shops in Elie.     You may think that there’s nothing odd about that.     Well I suppose you are right in that Myra does visit the shops .... but at 08.00 in the ...

14th July 2020 (Tuesday)     07.00....It’s a lovely morning... and I do believe I ..... the good old days. feel the soft  touch of summer in the wind;   this has agitated me into a state of friskiness.    I have yet to go for the paper having slept in after all my hard(?) work in the garden yesterday;   however I’ll do that immediately after this update.     I’m feeling romantic;    I blame this hot summer wind. 11.30    I’ve had a brilliant morning;  Got a lot of photos... and I remembered to stop at the ‘paper shop’.     ‘Annie Laurie’ set off from Elie this morning (looked like she was heading for Leith) so I took a load of pictures of her in the bay, that brought back a lot of  happy memories.   I went to Chapel Green and got her further out in Largo Bay (which is where I got the idea she might be making for Leith).   That said;   Jimmy and I...

13th July 2020 (Monday)      08.30 .... My word .... this heat is just too Migrating Curlew ... he's heading for Sunny Sussex. much;   roll on the cool days of autumn.     That was earlier .... when we had a lovely, warm and sunny, start to the morning, but the sky has clouded over since then and by the time I got back to Ivy the temperature had dropped by 2 degrees Celsius.     (I am using the word ‘Celsius’ because it is shorter than ‘Centigrade’;   having said that I’d have been quicker writing ‘Centigrade’ that writing all this   ... information).    It’s a nice morning and it should be really warm by lunch time. .   I met Marcia and Stephanie on their way out with the dogs.... I think Marcia said that she looks forward to the trees changing colour.    Then again maybe Marcia didn’t say that. I’ve been for the paper .... only thing is I forgot to go and  actually  ge...

12th July 2020 (Sunday)     10.00 .... There’s a braw autumnal feel to the air Elie High Street. this morning... a lovely morning for being ‘out and about’.     I’ve been for the paper and round the village;   today I ventured into the Woodside area of Elie for a change of scenery.      Woodside was quiet but it was early in the morning.      I came to the conclusion that a few trees in the play park would make it, the play park, less frugal looking.... cherry trees down the length of the north side would look good.      There’s a feel of autumn in the air this morning;   that had me thinking of Austria in September.     Now I’m looking forward to the trees changing colour. Heading for Largo Bay. I have Tesco delivery this afternoon;   that’s always exciting.... there might be   a few goodies in the order.     The plan is to rest in The Hutte most of the...

11th July 2020 (Saturday)     05.00 .... We have a ‘bright and breezy’ start to Elie Kirk tower. what is forecast to be a bonnie day.     It was 04.15 when I woke up feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed and rarin’ to go so I had a shower and am now enjoying a cuppa before getting the bike out.    I’m just going to potter my way round the villages, picking up the paper on the way round then spend the remainder of the day around Ivy.    Normally I end up having a catnap in The Hutte about 11.00   (to revitalize my weary limbs), before messing around in the garden. ... I won’t be doing very much because the ‘broon’ bucket is nigh on full and it’s it that takes the garden rubbish.   10.00     I had a great ‘paper run’ this morning;   went up to Chapel Green then meandered to the ‘paper shop’, down to the harbour, out to the lighthouse and home by way of Elie Estate.    It is   lovely mo...