The first gosling I’ve seen this year! Fairly newly hatched by the look of it.
They’re not in this photo, but it was being fiercely protected by both parents. #birds#nature#Edinburgh#Scotland
Overheard quite an elderly couple debating #AI in a beautiful spot in the #PentlandHills near #Edinburgh. He was all in on the successor species nonsense and she could see right through it. They walked off still talking about it.
18 May 1650: James Graham, Marquess Montrose led through the streets of #Edinburgh#otd in a cart driven by the hangman. Hanged at Mercat Cross on 21 May dressed in a scarlet cloak: 'Moir besieging a brydegrome nor a criminal going to the gallows' (NGS)
It's funny when you look back through your images folders and find a strange image totally out of context.
No idea when I took it, where I took it, or what on earth is going on 😲😄
Edinburgh in sunset/sunrise mode.
A beautiful city, with fabulous architecture and endless history, there are endless photo opportunities here, especially in that golden hour.
Summerhall, an arts complex in Edinburgh housed in a former veterinary college, is being sold.
This is a petition to hope it remains a centre for visual arts, music, dance, theatre and film. It also houses a brewery and a gin distillery, with an excellent pub, so it's got something for everyone!
It's a brilliant space throughout the year - not just during the Fringe!
Only a short walk from the much better-known Rosslyn Chapel south of Edinburgh is the ruin of the fairy-tale Rosslyn Castle, occupying the summit of an easily defensible rocky promontory. A stone castle was first built here in 1304. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/roslin/rosslyncastle/index.html
Original day off plan for afternoon film postponed, as I realised there was a screening perfectly timed for after work tomorrow, so instead stroll to local, a pint of Jarl, and get on with reading in preparation for Cymera Festival chairing duties.
I've not chaired a gig since before my surgery a few months back, now I have three author events within a month of one another to prep for. Lot of work, but also a lot of fun!
Continuing to read while also reacquainting myself with an old friend, a pint of Deuchars.
Along with Caley 80, my go-to ale for many years.
Really not what it once was, supplanted by newer, better IPAs, but still decent enough pint. On draught in the local (for a mere£3.90!), so indulging in nostalgia. Or should that be "nostalegia"?😋
Best of luck to my lovely colleague and chum, Olivia, who is off to London for the #BritishBookAwards , as she's shortlisted in the Best Bookseller category, for services in bookselling, managing our bookshop events, co-founding the #Edinburgh Womens Fiction Festival, and drinking huge amounts of tea. https://www.thebookseller.com/awards/the-british-book-awards