Monday, March 2, 2009

Allotments

Because of high density housing, Britain has many allotments.
You can apply to lease a piece of land to garden.
I think these may heave originated during the war, when food was scarce,
and people were encouraged to grow their own food.
I pass one lot of allotments on my way to work, so today I stopped to take some photos.
The gardening season has not yet started, so the allotments are not productive at the moment.

Aren't they lovely?



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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Bonaly

I went for a quick walk this afternoon at Bonaly Country Park.
It started to hail while I was there.
I like this photo of the rusty fence.
The path leads across the end of the reservoir, on the right,
and filtration tanks on the left.




This old winch is by the fence-I don't know its purpose.
The bottom picture shows a view across the city-
Edinburgh Castle can be seen on the left,
just above the clump of trees.
and Arthur's Seat (Holyrood Park) is the big hill on the right.




Love the sky behind these trees,
and the snowdrops are a sign that Spring is on the way!

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Saturday, February 28, 2009

City Chambers

Today I did a presentation to a group of Post Graduate students
at the City Chambers. The building is very traditional, and formal
with lots of ornate features. As you can see it is all rather grand,
with wall niches, statues, ornate cornices and lots of wood carving-look at the chairs:


and of course, chandeliers:




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Friday, February 27, 2009

Duddingston

These quick point and shoot snaps were taken at Duddingston,
over the hill from Holyrood Palace.



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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Cherry Ripe

My colleague, Kirsty, returned from a holiday in Australia,
and this is what she bought back for me:


Wasn't that kind? She knows how much I miss Cherry Ripes.
Emily loves them too!
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Ratho

Today's photo is another canal photo. It is, in fact the same canal from my earlier post.
But this was taken at Ratho, in the countryside just outside Edinburgh.
It is the Union Canal-the canal that links Edinburgh to Glasgow.
The boats were looking a bit sad and sorry today. I guess it's not the season for canal boating.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Stewart's Melville School

These are the spires of Stewarts Melville School.
I just stopped the car on the road alongside and snapped away.
I like how my car roof caught the reflection in this shot:




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