Day 1567 a lovely evening at Portencross last night & a day in a house today

I’m at home today as the Scottish Dog Behaviourist needs wheels to get to work. His car broke down last night and had to be recovered to the garage. He’s off in Bertie the Beetle…. Having to sit in the back seat to drive as he’s so tall! 😆

I quickly realised that I meant I would have to stay home today. I had a mild panic, so soon after a week in the house when I was climbing the walls.

My head is different today. Very different, thankfully.

I picked Craig up at the garage last night.

Then decided to pop down to Portencross last night for sunset, while I could.

As I drove towards the coast, the cloud came over…

I had thankfully taken a jumper and a hoodie and I needed them both. It had been scorching when I left the house.

It was very atmospheric.

And the sky was lovely…

I took lots of photos with the Isle of Arran in the background.

My friend Anne is there… I messaged her to say hi…. And she messaged back to say she could see me… 😆 #jokes she was driving behind Holy Isle so I took this photo to show her it from my side.

The sky is starting to turn colour but this is as good as I got, sunset wise.

So dark….

Honestly I love it here. It’s just such a quiet place.

The lovely smell of the sea….

The rocks are lovely here.

So dramatic.

The tide is really high.

I took a walk to the beach.

You have to walk through the field to get there. There are loads of photographic opportunities… for foreground in front of Arran.

The tide is right in on Portencross beach. It’s not often I see the tide that far in.

These thistles are on their last legs but still look very pretty.

The colours kept changing… I’ve not filtered any of these.

I loved the tall grass.

And this whispy grass.

Arran is such a great subject!

Sorry for so many photos of the same thing!

I loved having a quiet wander around.

The car park was quite busy but there weren’t many people around.

While I sat here, Lea sent me a photo of her sunset from holiday…. wow!

So back to today… I woke up when someone’s alarm went off…. Or I could still be sleeping 😆

I got the Borders ready for a walk.

We had a good walk.

It’s 18°C so quite muggy… but no sunshine.

I love it when a Calaidh gets into the water and stares expectantly.

We had a great run around the field and then back in the burn to cool off.

I did all the housework this morning so I can relax in a tidy house. Gonna state the very obvious here but it’s so much easier to do when it’s recently been done…. And when the dogs aren’t in moulting season.

I love a tidy house.

I sat down at lunch and watched the end of a film I’d been watching. I hate a lovely sweet potato pakora wrap for lunch.

I’m eating the same things all the time just now but variety doesn’t appeal to me. 😆 I’m a lazy chef.

I spent the rest of the afternoon on adulting… updating my budget. Setting MOT reminders so for the car. I renewed my home insurance and have the car to do in the next few weeks so set a reminder.

I also looked for mini breaks…. That’s fun but I’m quite specific in my search. I want something that leaves central belt Scotland on a Thursday night or Friday morning arriving back on a Sunday. I seem to be going in circles so I’ve taken a break for now 😆

So yeah, all in all I’ve had a lovely day… and now the heavens have opened and it’s pouring rain.

We have the candles lit and pizza in the oven… a coorie-in night for us I think.

Just how my Friday nights roll…. And I love it.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️