Craigmillar Castle

The West Range.  http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_123&PropName=Craigmillar%20Castle

Benchmark

Nowadays the term "benchmark" will usually be in some business comparison for people or products with the benchmark being some standard to measure against.  It was originally a term from surveying and the most common benchmarks you see are like this one, an Ordnance Survey cut mark, usually in stone.  This one is cut into Libberton Church.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_(surveying)
I suppose we will be inundated by sporting benchmarks in the next few weeks.

R. I. P.

Greyfriars Kirkyard, a different sort of noticeboard.

Telescope

Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill.  A big stone rocket.  Actual heat and sunshine in Edinburgh, summer even.

The Sheridan

Not a large hotel but a local B & B in Bonnington Terrace, part of Newhaven Road.  Always a nice garden.

Chancelot Mill

In Leith docks the local flour mill.

Lion

The start of the Festival season.  Jazz festival commences and the Cavalcade in Princes Street and the Gardens took place.  Chinese Lions and Dragons courtesy of the local Chinese community with assistance from their Glaswegian counterparts.

Sign

Literal or warning about the Banks?

Poppies

Sunshine on the "work garden".  Naturally seeded poppies brightening up industrial landscape.

Candlemaker Row and Greyfriars

A genuine summer morning but dulled down this afternoon. One side of Candlemaker Row backs onto Greyfriars Kirkyard so the buildings come with built-in tombstones.  The plain headstone in the foreground marks the resting place of John Gray, master of Greyfriar's Bobby. You could rent a flat in one of the houses. http://www.embracescotland.co.uk/property_details.asp?property_id=527
http://www.greyfriarskirk.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Bobby

Water of Leith

Back to summer.  Fairly heavy rain for most of the day. If Tony had been put back in place he would probably have been submerged by now.  (If he had been put back in place he would certainly have "collapsed" again).

Porty Columns

Near Portobello beach a little "arrangement" including columns from a demolished building.

MSP Offices

Some of the offices for MSPs in the "squashed in" Parliament building.  Some sunshine and heat for a change.

Swanston

Only little sprinklings of rain with some sunshine and a bit blowy.  Swanston is a little enclave just south of the City Bypass by the Ski Slope.  Connections with Robert Louis Stevenson.  http://www.swanston.co.uk/village/index.php