Darkness in Edinburgh.

I've just finished transcribing 100+ Presargonic inscriptions into my Excel Spreadsheet O' Doom, so have rewarded myself by playing with some photos. Here are the results - partly inspired by 's complaint about stolen snow. (Thank you, my dear!)



It snowed last night, at about 3am.

From Edinburgh at night.

From Edinburgh at night.

It was lying on the roof outside my window:

From Edinburgh at night.

From Edinburgh at night.

It got up to about 1.5cm by the time I went to bed, so everything began to look magical, the way ordinary objects begin to when they are covered in a dusting of snow. Sadly, it had melted by this morning.

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The moon has been interesting recently:

From Edinburgh at night.

Leith Photographs.

Since it's heading for Autumn now (although I'm still holding out hope for an indian summer), I thought I'd post some pictures from what little summer we had.

Back in August, P and I went for a little meander along The Shore in Leith.

Another ramble along the water of Leith.

These photos were taken recently, after we had some ridiculous quantities of rain (3 weeks worth in a day). Since they were taken in August, technically they're out of seasonal order (I do have pictures from Spring to post), but I'm posting them next because they show the river flooding properly. Ish. (I've seen it higher, but not much.)

Teaser:

Water of Leith Photos - Winter Time.

As I never seem to have much to say here, but I do have oodles of photos, I've decided to share some. Once my brain ceases to be stolen by Writing in Mesopotamia from 4000-2000 BC, I'll maybe have the ability to actually write something!

Teaser:

Adventure Time - Briefly. (Dunkeld)

P and I went Adventuring on Sunday, to Dunkeld and Birnam. There was no declaiming from the hills, sadly, although we weren't really up high enough. But the views were spectacular, the weather was lovely, there was excellent fish and chips, and there was wildlife.
My animal count for the day included wild rabbits, black wild rabbits, seals, cormorants, ducks, deer (2 of), a very self-assured cat, wading birds, black faced gulls, and ducks. Paul will shortly write about the ducks. They were... very forward.
There will be a proper entry shortly with pictures, but in the meantime, here's a teaser:


I met a cat. It was probably a stray, but very friendly. I knelt down to pet it, and it walked round behind me, and... well, you can see for yourself: