Saturday 31 December 2011

St Mary's Cathedral

Looking along Melville Street in the West End.

Friday 30 December 2011

Tony

This is the Stockbridge "Tony", the Antony Gormley casts in the Water of Leith.  Our local Tony still lies submerged, must be 7 or 8 months now. Didn't want to finish the year without a last appearance.

Thursday 29 December 2011

Police Horses

Suitable dress for our current weather.

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Mocha Tree

Weather appalling, wet and windy.  A day for indoors.

Tuesday 27 December 2011

National Portrait Gallery

The refurbished Gallery is now open again having been closed for a year.  They seem to have made a pretty good job of it.  There was no access to the library before, one of the many changes.

Monday 26 December 2011

Big Wheel

The Gardens by the Scott Monument.

Sunday 25 December 2011

Christmas Tree

The Fairy went on struike so the bears volunteered their services.

Saturday 24 December 2011

Princes Street Gardens

All the fun of the Christmas Fair plus some rain and strong winds. The German Market closes tonight and they are in sale mode.  Fill the bag with stollen for a fiver.

Friday 23 December 2011

Lampost

The old lampost outside work, again. 

Thursday 22 December 2011

Jam

Of the traffic variety. Pretty poor picture from phone but pretty poor for the passengers.  This is Shandwick pLace and this jam consists mostly of buses and goes at least all the way to Haymarket.

Wednesday 21 December 2011

The Mound

Looking up the Mound at dusk.

Monday 19 December 2011

Harvey Nicks

The window opposite the Louis Vuitton elephant (up at the Bus Station again). Window dressers are a breed apart.

Sunday 18 December 2011

Window

Louis Voutton display St Andrews Square.  The luggage seems a tad heavy.

Friday 16 December 2011

St Andrews & St Georges West

Here for a Carol Concert this evening. The church is hosting the Edinburgh Christmas Tree Festival and has 60 Christmas trees in situ.  They have been donated and decorated by a wide variety of organisations, a Scout group, a locksmith,a resturant,an undertaker etc etc.

Wednesday 14 December 2011

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Monday 12 December 2011

Sunday 11 December 2011

Winter Coat

A thick winter coat for this little grey squirrel out for a forage in Newhaven Road gardens this morning.

Saturday 10 December 2011

Links

A bit of snow on Leith Links.

Friday 9 December 2011

Gingerbread House

Not any old gingerbread house but one based on a building in Leith.  This is the work of La Cerise and is the annual Christmas charity fundraiser. You have to name the building.  I don't think you get to eat the house if you win though. This is a link to the wonderful world of patisserie. http://www.lacerise.biz/

Thursday 8 December 2011

Christmas Train

The only thing moving on Princes Street although most of the Tram work seems to be done.

Wednesday 7 December 2011

Balmoral

Afternoon sun on the "Balmoral".

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Sunset Castle

A rather threatening sky as the sun sinks behind the Castle. Snow I think.

Monday 5 December 2011

German Market

The market sets up every year from the start of December to just before Christmas beside the galleries at the foot of the Mound.

Sunday 4 December 2011

It's Official

Winter has arrived.  After the mildest November on record we have a freeze.  Sleet followed by sub-zero temperatures leading to rock hard deposits on windscreens and the streets covered in a thin slippy film of ice.  Back to normal.

Saturday 3 December 2011

Friday 2 December 2011

Christmas Tree

The Fairy was on strike so the bears volunteered their services.