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Marinating
Yesterday evening the Mincers payed a benefit gig for the RNLI, at Dalgety Bay Sailing Club. All we did was turn up and play, the organisers did extremely well and raised £750. Haven’t been in the club for some time, and the views are lovely, so I took the camera along. The below…
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Winter walk
Yesterday we managed to escape for a wee while and enjoy the soft winter sunshine along the coastal path between the Bay and Aberdour. We did spot a carrion crow tapping away on a small window towards the top of a house by the golf course. On closer inspection of the picture it may have…
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Sweet Wemyss
Yesterday was one of those lovely bright winter days that fool the birds into spring time behaviour, so not to be outdone, and to celebrate a long overdue redd oot* of the garage, we went exploring, this time to West Wemyss, a village I had never visited. There are some beautiful examples of Fife architecture…
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You can’t hurry, love.*
Listening to the Murray v Djokovic Australian Open final, cannot bear to watch it. Somethings are changing, others are stubbornly stuck fast. Yesterday we went to Silver Sands beach at Aberdour, inspired to move around by beautiful beach pictures from chums in Oz for ‘Straila Day, on what turned out to be a rather beautiful…
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BHAG
Tonight, After 8 Mince finished their CD.
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January
So. Yes. Anyone who knows me and my family will know what’s going on just now. But, onto other news. Mincers are in the production room, finalising the tracks and just amazed at the capabilities of the producer, Michael. Thanks are also due to Steve and Audrey, with everything happening in their world they…
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JC+HNY13
Happy New Year folks. There was a lot about 2012 that we don’t want back, and a lot going on that I don’t want to write about. But we did enjoy a visit from these wee guys again. They are almost as fast as humming birds to watch and very difficult to photograph, especially through…
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Slip slidin’ away
Here we are on 23rd December and I suspect quite a few people will be feeling as I do, quietly tired. I have far less reason than most to be like this but since facts are chiels that winna ding, I am feeling older, not in a bad, sad way but in the manner which…
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Sound of Silence
It’s been a busy old month once again, singin’ and swingin’ and gettin’ merry like Christmas. It is no great secret that After 8 Mince has been in the studio, as we work towards our goal of having a CD to sell, to raise monies for charity. There’s still some work to do on…
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Charlie Parker, not Jack Jones
So, busy with a job for work which has to be done but is very very s l o w. I would much rather be outside but a brief stolen glance out of the window revealed the following:- Blackbird Coal Tit Chaffinch Magpie Oystercatcher Wood pigeon House Sparrow Blue tit Robin Carrion crow Rook…