snowDrops

no Choice

But to continue ...

sLeep

Would be nice ...

late Night

not my choice ...

Romeo and Juliet

Prokofiev's ballet, danced by Ballet West at the Brunton Theatre ...

anXiety

Fudge was behind the toilet door - hoping that she's OK ...

Love, love changes everything

Tea was delicious, this evening ...

There's been a murder

in traNent ...

Shostakovich 4

An opportunity (both children rehearsing "Annie") to listen to another of my extensive collection of BBC Music Magazine cover CDs - Vassily Sinaisky conducting the BBC Phil in Shostakovich's rambling 4th Symphony. It's a long, but rewarding listen - so much so that, with limited time before I drive out to collect the children, and wanting a cup of tea, I was walking around the house carrying a portable CD player, wearing headphones, and colliding with a door - hopefully, no damage done ...

Planets

Listened to a recording of Holst's "the Planets" to-day - ironic, that just when some composers thought that it would be a good idea to add Pluto to the line up, it was de-planetised ...

imPossible

Don't usually blog about work, but to-day, I've been 'assigning', which means passing calls to other people - and I know how much work needs to go into each call. The arithmetic, surely, is simple - if, in the course of a day (a Friday, when you'd expect things to be quieter), each person receives more than a day's work to do, we have a problem (unless to-day was unusually busy, which I doubt) ...

sLush

rainBow

maybe Solas

Camping? or finding a b'n'b?

on the other Hand

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16 - this is from the Authorised Version, also known as the King James Version ...

aTheist

I'd rather believe that God isn't there, than that he is, and he's horrible ...

Birches

I love these trees ...

eXalt

a Tough week; but, hopefully, things will improve ...

Metaphor

The red light is on, indicating low battery ...

being Strict

A queue is a queue is a queue - has anyone ever operated a service where the last person to arrive is the first to get served?

too Late

to Pray ...

bRidge

Sometimes, I think that the JCMB looks a bit like a (battle)ship ...

cRash

Yesterday, I was excited, hopeful; to-day, disillusioned, despondent (realistic) ...

exHausted

Doesn't bode well for the day ...

a Slow day

Thankfully, so far ...

Dark morning

Difficult to summon up any kind of enthusiasm ...

unReLiable

I did try to post earlier, but it hasn't appeared ...

sunShine

DC-3

DC-3
Originally uploaded by Clackety

An awkward crop ...

winTer

is tough, because by the time you've finished work (or, done as much work as you're going to do), it's dark ...

Princes St

Homeward bound - back to work to-morrow ...

tollCross

in lieu of panTo ...

aChievement

The children and I spent this afternoon doing a jigsaw ...

sKy

Trying to be positive

Not particularly successfully ...

Back at work

Struggling, already ...

pur(r)Pose

pur(r)Pose
Originally uploaded by Glaswegian

The New Year period is an opportunity to review, evaluate; but there needs to be freedom, resource. If life (particularly at work) is a constant struggle to survive, then trying to make positive changes is going to fail.

I made a serious mistake last year, but this is a new year ...

Hitting the sales

Traditional early January activity - although it was a lovely day - a traditional (two days after) new year's day walk might have been healthier ...

Positive change

If you make a change - how do you know whether it will make things worse, or better?

sPooky

musselBurgh snow

What went wrong

Or - why am I not at the Leuchars Air Show to-day? The good thing is that my daughter is there (with her godfather). But my son didn't want to go. Worse, he didn't want me to go ...

Autumn

A few yellowish leaves / having to switch on the light / business ahead ...

Music room

sidHolme

a Different View

Of this pier ...

Going back in time

skyWard

Work commences ...

Windows

Now abideth faith, hope, love ...

Foggy

Tranent was in sunshine; Portobello on the edge of the fog ...

That's it!

The original plan was to climb the seven hills (upon which Edinburgh, like Rome, is built) during one calendar year. Somehow it morphed into climbing Blackford Hill once a month. And, this being December, as 2009 draws to a close ...

Back from the vet

The cats have been vaccinated and chipped ...

thereFore I shop

Possibly not the best image for Buy Nothing Day ...

November

As the forecast predicted: bright and breezy ...

Catching the early sun

Slice
Originally uploaded by Glaswegian

Half of the building lit, half of the building in darkness ...

the Observatory in autumn

 
A good day to be on the (blackFord) hill - unseasonably mild, I reckon - bright and clear ...

Words

Funny things - insubstantial, yet powerful ...

Light

 
... looking an other way ...

more darkNess

 
... taken on Gullane Beach ...

Winter is coming

 
... fewer people on the (blackFord) hill ...

Missing

... since Monday ...

QMU

I attended a green computing event last week - then went for a walk, and took this picture ...

no Photo

I should have checked before I left the office. But when I tried to switch on my camera to take a picture of Arthur's Seat - no response - or, rather, an all too brief, insubstantial response. So to-day's ascent of Blackford Hill is being recorded in prose, alone. Fortunately (for me), the wind had abated somewhat, and there was no rain. And I took a music player, listening to Shostakovich - mostly a plodding movement, appropriately accompanying my turgid progress up the hill.

Late August, beginning to feel the cold - autumn is on its way ...

Indicator

Back on top of Blackford Hill - quite breezy ...

It wisnae me

That's all I'm saying ...

too Much

On this hot, muggy day, I chose to turn back at the bottom of Observatory Road ...